Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well
Francesco Primaticcio|Master IQV
ca. 1542–45
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Mount: 14 1/2 in. × 12 5/8 in. (36.8 × 32.1 cm) Sheet (trimmed): 14 1/4 × 12 5/16 in. (36.2 × 31.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Accession Number
24.63.1106
Tags
WellsChildrenMenWomen
About the Artist
Francesco Primaticcio|Master IQV · 1504–1570
Primaticcio was the most influential Italian artist in France in the 16th century. Together with Rosso Fiorentino they created a style of mixing stucco decoration with mannerist paintings that became known as the Fontainebleau school. Italian painter, architect and sculptor. Comment on works: Religious; Allegory; History.