Abraham und Melchisedek opfern Brot und Wein zum Dank für die Besiegung der fünf Könige

Title

Abraham und Melchisedek opfern Brot und Wein zum Dank für die Besiegung der fünf Könige

Draughtsman

• Etienne-Pierre-Adrien Gois

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Abraham
• Melchizedek

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, Genesis 14,17-20

Primary

• 11I62(MELCHIZEDEK)41 Melchizedek, usually in front of an altar, offers bread and wine in a chalice
• 71C117 the meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, the high priest and king of Salem, who brings bread and wine (Genesis 14:18-20)
• 41C621(+5) bread, loaf (+ foodstuffs in other container, e.g.: barrel, can, cask, tin, etc.)

Alternative Attribution

• Louis Félix de La Rue draughtsman; declined, by note on mount