About the Artwork
The Meeting of David and Abigail
between 1656 and 1673
Adriaen Lommelin (Artist) Flemish, 1636-1673 Peter Paul Rubens (Artist) Flemish, 1577-1640
Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 17 1/2 × 26 3/8 inches (44.5 × 67 cm) Sheet: 18 3/8 × 27 1/2 inches (46.7 × 69.9 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund
F78.11
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: P. P. Rubbens pinxit. | Adrian: Lommelin Sculp. Inscribed, lower center: ET AIT DAVID AD ABIGAIL: BENEDICTVS DOMINVS DEVS ISRAEL, QVI MISIT HODIE TE IN OCCVRSVM MEVM. Inscribed, in pencil, lower left edge: 23 (19)
Provenance
1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Adriaen Lommelin; after Peter Paul Rubens, The Meeting of David and Abigail, between 1656 and 1673, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, F78.11.
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