About the Artwork
The Blessing of Jacob
19th century
Domenichino (Artist) Italian, 1581-1641 Filippo Bigioli (Artist) Italian, 1798-1878 Luigi del Medico (Artist) Italian
Engraving and etching printed in black on wove paper
10 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. 26.9 x 38.3 cm 18 3/8 x 26 in. 46.6 x 66.0 cm
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Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund
F72.283.97
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
In plate, lower left: Dom. Zampieri dip.; lower center: Fil. Bigioli dis.; lower right: Luigi del Medico inc.; center bottom margin: Isacco che benedice Giacobbe; bottom left edge: L'Originale esiste nel Palazzo Mattei; bottom right edge: In Roma presso la Calcografia Camerale
Calcografia Camerale drystamp just outside the lower left corner of the plate; embossed circle, center bottom edge of the plate.
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Kennedy Gallery and Edith Cole Silberstein
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Luigi del Medico; after Filippo Bigioli; after Domenichino, The Blessing of Jacob, 19th century, Engraving and etching printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Miscellaneous Gifts Fund, F72.283.97.
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