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- Title:
The Centurion Cornelius
- Date:
- 1800
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 24 × 28 1/16 inches (61 × 71.3 cm), Plate: 22 3/4 × 25 1/2 inches (57.8 × 64.8 cm), Image: 19 15/16 × 23 5/8 inches (50.6 × 60 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Painted by Rembrant | And when the Angel which spake unto Cornelius was | departed, he called two of his houshold servants, and a | devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by Jas. Ward | Painter & Engraver to his R.H., the Pince of Wales. | And when he had declared all those things unto them, | he sent them to Joppa | Acts Chapr.X. Verse 7 & 8"; lettered, lower center: THE CENTURION CORNELIUS | From an Original Picture brought to this Country by M. Bryan Esqr. | LONDON: Pubd. April 10, 1800, by MESSR.. WARDS & Co.. No.6, Newman Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.624
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- books | Christianity | Cornelius sends two servants and a soldier to Peter in Joppa | helmet | instructions | listening | New Testament | papers | religious and mythological subject | Roman | servants | soldier | sword | table
- Associated People:
- The Centurion Cornelius
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:22323
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