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Pierre Drevet
The sacrifice of Abraham
1707

$2,500.00

A magnificent example of Pierre Drevet’s engraving of a narrative subject

Artist: Pierre Drevet (1663-1738)
Title: The sacrifice of Abraham
Date: 1707
School: French, XVIIIth century
Medium: engraving
Dimensions: 550 x 400mm (plate), 730 x 580mm (sheet)
Watermark: Auvergne

Inscriptions/marks: in the plate lower left <<A Paris chez P. Drevet Graveur du Roy (address suppressed) Avec Privilege du Roy>>, in the plate lower left border <<AntonCoypel pinxit>>, in the plate lower right border <<Petrs Drevet sculpsit>>, in the plate lower margin <<Nunc cognovit quod times….Dédié à Monseigneur le Duc de Noailles….>>
Condition: Brilliant impression on laid paper with wide margins, sheet slightly irregular
Description: Engraved after painting by Antoine Coypel (Valenciennes: Musée des Beaux-Arts, possibly a copy)
Reference: IFF, Pierre Drevet 1, ii/ii