The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel, c. 1829

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Medium

graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 42.5 x 31.9 cm (16 3/4 x 12 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1997.44.1

Artists / Makers

Josef von Führich (artist) Austrian, 1800 - 1876

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand?, lower right verso in graphite: Josef von Fuhrich / "Jakob begegnet Rahel" / ERN; rest by later hands, lower left verso in graphite: 3X / 2192; upper left verso in graphite: R2133 pant / Fuhrich, Josef von / (Kratzen 1800-1876 Wien)

Provenance

(Galerie Arnoldi-Livie, Munich); purchased by NGA, 1997.

Associated Names

Galerie Arnoldi-Livie

Exhibition History

1997: Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 117.