Jackson (John Baptist, 1701-circa 1780). Melchisedek meeting and blessing Abraham, after the victory over the Kings (after Giovanni dal Ponte), circa 1741, chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in dark brown, light brown, pale yellow and black on laid paper, from the published volume of 24 large chiaroscuro woodcuts entitled Titiani Vecelli, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, Opera Selectiora... ligno coelata, et coloribus adumbrata, Venice, 1745, a good, strong impression, a few short closed tears to margins, with old paper restoration to verso, light soiling to sheet edges, inscribed in ink in an early French hand 'Abraham rencontre Melchisedech, gravure en bois par J.B. Jackson et impm. en clair-obscur, d'après P. Veronese' to the edge of the lower blank margin, image size 57.5 x 38 cm (22.7 x 15 ins), sheet size 63.5 x 44.5 cm (25 x 17.5 ins), framed and glazed
Jackson (John Baptist, 1701-circa 1780). Melchisedek meeting and blessing Abraham, after the victory over the Kings (after Giovanni dal Ponte), circa 1741, chiaroscuro woodcut, printed in dark brown, light brown, pale yellow and black on laid paper, from the published volume of 24 large chiaroscuro woodcuts entitled Titiani Vecelli, Pauli Caliarii, Jacobi Robusti, et Jacobi de Ponte, Opera Selectiora... ligno coelata, et coloribus adumbrata, Venice, 1745, a good, strong impression, a few short closed tears to margins, with old paper restoration to verso, light soiling to sheet edges, inscribed in ink in an early French hand 'Abraham rencontre Melchisedech, gravure en bois par J.B. Jackson et impm. en clair-obscur, d'après P. Veronese' to the edge of the lower blank margin, image size 57.5 x 38 cm (22.7 x 15 ins), sheet size 63.5 x 44.5 cm (25 x 17.5 ins), framed and glazed
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