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Print, Laban reproves Jacob for leaving secretely

This is a Print. It was engraved by Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin, the Younger. It is dated 1725–45 and we acquired it in 1921. Its medium is hand-colored etching with watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Sarah Cooper Hewitt and Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

31 1/2 X 21 7/8 in. (80.0 X 55.5 cm)

It is inscribed

At bottom left: "a Paris chez Charpentier rue St. jacques au Coq."; right: "Laban pur/quis'etoit enalle sans lui rien dire dont Rachel et Lia."

Cite this object as

Print, Laban reproves Jacob for leaving secretely; Engraved by Gerard Jean Baptiste Scotin, the Younger (1698–after 1744); France; hand-colored etching with watercolor on paper; 31 1/2 X 21 7/8 in. (80.0 X 55.5 cm); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1921-22-287

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