La Lutte de Jacob (The Battle of Jacob)

Artist Leon Bonnat French, 1833 - 1922

Date1876

MediumEtching

DimensionsImage Size: 7 5/8 × 5 1/4 in. (19.4 × 13.3 cm)
Matboard: 14 1/16 × 11 in. (35.7 × 27.9 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineThe Sparling Family Collection

Object number2014.2.8

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Signedmonogram signature in the plate

DescriptionPublished in Paris in 1876 by Gazette des Beaux-Arts and printed on laid paper by A Salmon. Bonnat executed a painting on this same theme for the Paris Salon of 1876. Etching depicts a man and angel wrestling. Printed below the etching are the print's title, "Gazette des Beaux-Arts. Imp. A. Salmon, Paris" and " L. Bonnat Pinx 8 Sculp Salon De 1876."Provenanceby 2012, Miami, FL, Affordable Fine Art 101
2012, Houston, TX, Tobin Sparling
2014, Glenss Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust