Eucharist
c. 1650
Artist, French, 1614 - 1676
Artist, French, 1594 - 1665

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching with engraving on two sheets of laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 51.8 × 65.7 cm (20 3/8 × 25 7/8 in.) trimmed to platemark
mount: 62.3 × 80.1 cm (24 1/2 × 31 9/16 in.) -
Accession
2020.102.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Galerie Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, 7-8 June 1996, no. 5332, prints from a dilapidated album); (James Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA, 1996); purchased by NGA, 2020.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
lower center in image: 3; lower right on edge of table in image: Nic. Poussin / Inventor; lower right in pen and ink: 65.
Watermarks
shield (left) and double-encircled fleur-de-lys surmounted by an ‘O’ or ‘G’ (right)