Christ at The Well.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by Horace Thayer & Co. American, 1852

After a work byAfter a work by Annibale Carracci Italian, 1560 - 1609

Date1855-1856

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 13 1/8 x 9 3/16in. (33.3 x 23.3cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 1/16 x 11in. (38.3 x 27.9cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionAt the right, a man with a beard and mustache is seated on blocks of stone piled beside a stone well. He wears flowing robes and a cloak and is barefoot. A halo surrounds his head. To the left, a woman is walking away from the well looking back over her shoulder. She wears classical clothing and has sandals on her feet. An ornate jug or ewer is on the ground nearby. Two men in the left background watch the interaction between the man and the woman. A large tree and gigantic fluted columns are behind bushes at the right. Grassy hills and additional trees are in the left background.

Object number1996.177.69

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "CHRIST AT THE WELL." In pencil: upper left, "Drawer 39 #2"; lower left, "Drawer 8 #12".

On verso, lower right, in pencil, old and new accession numbers "Drw 61".NotesSource Note: The visual source is a painting by Annibale Carracci in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest. The Kelloggs must have known the painting through a print intermediary. (Finlay 9/29/2006)

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