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Claude Lorrain

The Wooden Bridge (Rebecca and Eliezer)

1638–41
Etching on ivory laid paper
12.6 × 18.9 cm (5 × 7.4 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This etching corresponds closely to a drawing and a painting the artist made for Cardinal Angelo Giori between 1640 and 1641, and thus is dated to that time.

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