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National Gallery of Art - THE COLLECTION
image of The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish, 1577 - 1640
The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, c. 1626
oil on panel
Overall: 65.5 x 82.4 cm (25 13/16 x 32 7/16 in.) framed: 96.8 x 113.4 cm (38 1/8 x 44 5/8 in.)
Gift of Syma Busiel
1958.4.1
From the Tour: Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Object 6 of 8

1889Northbrook, Francis Goerge Baring. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of Paintings Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook. London, 1889: 63, no. 87
1960Broadley, Hugh T. Flemish Painting in the National Gallery of Art. Washington, D.C., 1960 (Booklet Number Five in Ten Schools of Painting in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.): 40, color repro.
1962Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Treasures from the National Gallery of Art, New York, 1962: 80, color repro.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 174, repro.
1965Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 118
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:268, color repro.
1968European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 105, repro.
1975European Paintings: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1975: 314, repro.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 252, no. 319, color repro.
1985European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 360, repro.
2005Wheelock, Jr., Arthur K. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 188-195, color repro.

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