Inscription, bottom:
“Ill:mæ atq; Excell:mæ D:næ D:næ / Paulinæ Contarenæ / Nob: Venetæ, aviti sanguinis ingenti splendore claræ, sed Virtutum nobilitate longe clariori, piissimum / hoc Christianæ Fidei monumentum, exiguum obsequentissimæ servitutis suæ signum, quod ex pictura / Jacobi de Ponte delineavit, et exſculpsit, generossimæ Patronæ, et Auspici dedicabat J: B: Jackson.”.
1743.
A trial proof of the key block is in the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art.
Melchisedech Blessing Abraham, after Francesco Bassano [Le Bl. 1, N. 19]
Dimensions:
22½ × 15⅛ inches.
Blocks, 4:
Buff, warm gray, brown, dark brown.
Inscription, lower right:
“Per-illustri D.no D.no / Joanni Reade / Tabellam hanc in obſe-/quentiſſimæ reverentiæ/specimen D. D. D. / J. B. Jackſon / ex Tabella penes / D. Josh Smith.”
1743.