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| Artist | After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) |
| Title | Abraham and Melchizedek |
| Date earliest | possibly about 1800 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1899 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 33.5 x 45.2 cm |
| Description | This is a copy of Rubens's work of the same name in the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. The original is oil on panel and is dated 1625. In this later copy by an unknown artist, the panel is unprimed, rendering the form of the wood very apparent. This is most likely to be a nineteenth-century copy, the location of production unknown. |
| Subject | religion (Abraham, Melchisidek) |
| Collection | Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea |
| Current accession number | GV51 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Richard Glynn Vivian 1911. |
| Principal publications | Catalogue of the Collection of Oil and Watercolour Paintings, Miniatures and Drawings, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, [Swansea], 1913, cat. no. 51; Wright, C., Old Master Paintings in Britain, London, 1976, p. 179. |
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| Rights status | City & County of Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Collection |
| Author | Bryony Dawkes |
