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Description:  Study for Abraham Teaching Astrology to the Egyptians. Laid down. Inscribed at the bottom in black chalk: "Antonio Zanchi Veneto-lo disse Zanetti. Numbered at lower right in pen and brown ink: 55 (struck out) 1 (struck out) 1335 (struck out) and 1336 (Sparre). 

The subject of this drawing is somewhat obscure, but the picture varies the central theme in "Abraham Teaching Astrology to the Egyptians", in S. Maria del Giglio, Venice, i.e. "Abraham and the Great Globe". Perhaps at an early stage Zanchi united this theme with a conception of the discovery of Moses, which likewise involves the Egyptians.

The first mention of the painting with its proper title dates from 1697. [Bjurström, It. Drawings, cat. no. 151]

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Antonio Zanchi | Skiss. Abraham undervisar egyptierna astrologi | Nationalmuseum

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Titel (sv): Skiss. Abraham undervisar egyptierna astrologi
Titel (en): Study for Abraham Teaching Astrology to the Egyptians
Titel i inventariet (sv): En äldre man, en qvinna och ett liggande barn.

Title (sv): Skiss. Abraham undervisar egyptierna astrologi
Title (en): Study for Abraham Teaching Astrology to the Egyptians
Inventory title (sv): En äldre man, en qvinna och ett liggande barn.