Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Snuffbox with Eleazar and Rebekah at the Well
Rendered in repoussé work and engraving is this scene from Genesis in which Rebekah, the beautiful virgin, goes to the well to fetch water for Abraham's servant and for his camels.
Provenance
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HRH The Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776-1857); Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904); Sale, Christie's, London, June 8, 1904; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Netherlands, Amsterdam (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 x 1 3/4 in. (2.5 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.205