Joseph Sold into Slavery

1783

John Skippe

Artist, British, 1742 - 1812

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut in gray and black from three blocks on old mount

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.4 x 28.7 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
    mount: 34.2 x 40.2 cm (13 7/16 x 15 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.73.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Nagler no. 16

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1835

  • Nagler, G.K. Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, oder Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Werken der Maler, Bildhauer, Baumeister, Kupferstecher, Formschneider, Lithographen, Zeichner, Medailleure, Elfenbeinarbeiter, etc.. 22 vols. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, no. 16.

Inscriptions

lower center in block: R. d Urbino / JS Scul / 1783; on second sheet: Joanni Lane de Hospitio Lincoln Arm: hoc observantiae pignus, prout Amico debitum / praestantissimo, libenter J. Skippe

Wikidata ID

Q76441030

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