Jacob's Ladder, c. 1745

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series Title

Old Testament Scenes

Medium

etching and engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 52 x 33.8 cm (20 1/2 x 13 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1984.84.6

Artists / Makers

Joseph Wagner (publisher) German, 1706 - 1780

Jacopo Amigoni (artist after) Italian, 1675 - 1752

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: Amiconi inven.; lower center in plate: aa.6; lower right in plate: Appo Wagner Ven.aC.P.E.S.; across bottom in plate: inscription in four lines

Provenance

Liechtenstein Collection; (Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt); purchased 1984 by NGA.

Associated Names

Rumbler, Helmut H., Mr.