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Original outline engraving reproducing "Eliezer and Rebecca" by Nicolas Poussin, the passage of Genesis in which Abraham's servant meets at the well the woman who will be Isaac's wife and gives her the jewels. The lettering is in French and Italian, "Eliezer et Rebecca" / "Eleazaro e Rebecca", and the sheet carries the reference "Tavola 327" and the number 282, proper to a multilingual illustrated history of art.
Medium: Copper engraving in outline.
Artist / after: Nicolas Poussin ("Poussin pinx." per the lettering).
Engraver / lithographer: Signed with the monogram "AR" at the lower right.
Date: 18th-19th century.
Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 in (17.4 x 10.9 cm).
Condition: Fair. Paper with scattered foxing, most visible in the left margin; the engraved image itself is clean.