Analytical study of Poussin's 'Crossing of the Red Sea'

Analytical study of Poussin's 'Crossing of the Red Sea'
 1958

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
pen and ink and pencil
Measurements
37.7 × 50.4 cm (sheet)
Inscription
inscribed in pen and ink l.l.: after Poussin
inscribed in pen and ink l.r.: Woollaston 5-9-58
inscribed in pen and ink throughout image (colour notations)
Accession Number
48.2-5
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased 1958
© Courtesy the Toss Woollaston Trust
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
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Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Another work Human figures Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
copies (derivative objects) Red Sea (sea) Story of Exodus (Old Testament narrative) studies (visual works)

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