Moses Surrounded by the Patriarchs
c. 1555
Artist, French, 1485 - c. 1570

Artwork overview
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Medium
engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 29.5 × 21 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)
sheet: 38.5 × 25.8 cm (15 3/16 × 10 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1951.10.444
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Catalogue Raisonné
Eisler 1979, no. 36, State ii/iii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
D'Arenberg Collection, Brussels and Westphalia (Lugt 567). (William H. Schab, New York); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1951; gift to NGA, 1951.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1979
Eisler, Colin. The Master of the Unicorn: The Life and Work of Jean Duvet. New York: Abaris Books,1979.
Inscriptions
"DVVET" recto, on plate, on floor at lower left. "NO ERIT / IN TE DEUS / RECENS / NEQ ADO / RABIS DEV / ALIENVM / EGO SVM / DNS DEVS / TVVS" recto, on plate on double-tablet at upper center. "NOE, ABRA / ILA /AC, IACOB, MELCHE, MOY / SES, IESSE, DAVID, IOSEPH, MARIE / IESUS" recto, on plate, on columns from left to right. "5" recto, upper right margin, black ink, unknown hand. "N. 2" recto, lower right margin, graphite, unknown hand. "4" recto, lower right margin, faded black ink, unknown hand. No. 2" verso, lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand.
Markings
Collection d'Arenberg (Lugt 567) verso, lower left margin, blue stamped ink. "National Gallery of Art" verso, lower right margin, black stamped ink. "LJR" verso, lower right margin, black stamped ink.
Wikidata ID
Q65359634