Moses Striking the Rock

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Object Details

original artist

Poussin, Nicolas

publisher

Boydell, John

Boydell, Josiah

engraver

Michel, Jean Baptiste

Description

Stipple engraving after painting by Nicolas Poussin once in the Gallery at Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England. Now in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Print removed from George P. Marsh’s copy of The Houghton Gallery, vol. 2. Marsh probably wrote the numeral 53 in pencil in the lower left margin.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Marsh Collection

date made

1788

ID Number

1978.0534.03.55

accession number

1978.0534

catalog number

1978.0534.03.55

Object Name

stipple engraving

Object Type

Engraving

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

ink (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 48.5 cm x 61 cm; 19 3/32 in x 24 1/32 in

place made

United Kingdom: England, London

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Communications

Marsh Collection

Art

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Bible

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-bfd0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_784907