Absalon fait tuer Amnon [print] / C. P. Marillier inv. ; J. D. B. Dupréel sculp.

Accession number: 
PML 145500, plate 119
Author: 
Dupréel, J. D. B., engraver.
Published: 
[Paris : s.n., 1791]
Description: 
1 print : engraving ; image: 136 x 88 mm; sheet: 153 x 96 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Published caption title.
Bound in v. 2 (PML 145500), as plate 119, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145500-06).
Print inlaid in leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving after a design by Marillier for an illustration for "La Sainte Bible" (Paris: Chez Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789), v. 3, p. 302 (facing).
Numbered at head: "Tom 3e." and "page 302"; lettered below image: "C. P. Marillier inv." "J. D. B. Dupréel sculp."
Library's copy is a proof impression before final lettering lacking the caption, volume and page number at head.

Provenance: 
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary: 

Print shows a group of people fighting around a bench and table. In the lower left, a kneeling man is holding a knife prepared to strike a man lying on his back on the ground. A child stands on the partition wall while holding on to column in the background.

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