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Eliezer and Rebecca
Artist: Nicolas Poussin (1594 - 1665)
Location: Fitzwilliam Museum
Date: 1655 - 1665
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 97 x 138 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £100,000 (Total: £192,500; tax remission)
Vendor: Executors of Professor A F Blunt
Review number: 3106 (1985)
Provenance:
Probably painted for an unknown French patron; Galton collection, Hadzor Hall, near Droitwich Spa, Worcestorshire; anon. sale, Christie's, 192929 (?); Duits (dealer), London, from whom bought by Anthony Blunt, 1933.
Description:
Sent by Abraham to find a bride for his son Isaac, Eliezer chooses the girl who gives him water both for himself and for his ten camels. In this painting Eliezer is drinking at the well while a group of women carry their water away.
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