Melchisedech Blessing Abraham

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Zeitlin & ver Brugge Booksellers, Los Angeles); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012. [1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Melchisedech Blessing Abraham

Bassano II, Francesco

1743

Accession Number

2012.92.527

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in buff, gray, and two shades of brown on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 57.4 x 38.2 cm (22 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.) | sheet: 58.3 x 39.3 cm (22 15/16 x 15 1/2 in.)

Classification

Print

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen