Abraham and the three angels [print].

Accession number: 
PML 145499, plate 040
Author: 
Metsys, Cornelis, b. ca. 1510, designer, engraver.
Published: 
[Netherlands : s.n., ca. 1545]
Description: 
1 print : engraving ; image: 100 x 143 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Title devised by cataloger.
Bound in v. 1 (PML 145499) as plate 40, of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print mounted onto leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
One of a series of three prints by the artist illustrating the history of Abraham.
Lettered with monogram in lower left corner.

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

Print shows Abraham and three angels seated around a table outside under a tree; a woman (Sarah?) stands in a doorway at left.

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