Eliezer and Rebecca (Poussin, Fitzwilliam)

Eliezer and Rebecca is a painting by Nicolas Poussin, dated to 1660–1665 by Denis Mahon. It is in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

History

The painting shows the biblical figure Rebecca quenching Eliezer's thirst.[1]

Produced for Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo, a close friend of Poussin, its first sale record was in London in 1795.[1] It was sold to art historian (and Cambridge spy) Anthony Blunt in 1933 and bought from his estate in 1984 by its present owner, the Fitzwilliam Museum.[1] Victor Rothschild gave Blunt £100 to purchase the painting.[2] The painting was sold by Blunt's executors for £100,000 (totalling £192,500 with tax remission[3]).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Catalogue entry". Fitzwilliam Museum.
  2. ^ Rose, Kenneth (2003). Elusive Rothschild: The Life of Victor, Third Baron. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0-297-81229-6., pp. 47–48.
  3. ^ "Eliezer and Rebecca by Nicolas Poussin". Art Fund. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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