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Four Lancets with Old Testament Subjects

Four Lancets with Old Testament SubjectsFrance
1575-1600
White glass, silver stain and sanguine
a: 294.6 x 48.2 (116 x 19); b: 294.6 x 49.5 (116 x 19 1/2) c: 294.6 X 49.5 (116 x 19 1/2) d: 294.6 X 49.5 (116 x 19 1/2)
a. Considerable restoration in lower part of panel including parapet; b. Figures of Isaac and Angel, and parapet, restored; c. Few replacements except for parapet; d. Lower part of scene restored

Provenance: Friedrich Spitzer, Paris, to 1893; A. Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, to 24 April 1931; William Randolph Hearst, Los Angeles, to 1954
Bibliography: C.W. Post Catalogue (1939), vols. 101-104, lot nos. 633-1, 2, 3, 4; Forest Lawn Archives (1956), lot nos. 633-1, 2, 3, 4; La Collection Spitzer: Antiquite, Mayen-Age, Renaissance, III (Paris, 1891), 125-126; Hearst sale (1941), 329, lot nos. 633-1, 2, 3, 4; b. ill.

Collection: Forest Lawn (Glendale, California)
Object/Accession: FL lots 93, 94, 95, 96

a. Joseph sold by his Brethren; b. The sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham; c. An Angel appearing to King David; d. Moses receiving the Tablets of the Law
Inscription: d, on tablets: VNG/ DIEV/ ADOR/ ET/ PARE and VENI/ SANCT/ ET/ EMITT/ AICTC

Entry From: Checklist III Filed Under: California, Forest Lawn, Glendale

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