Print Description
This print shows a view on a numbered copper engravings and accompanying poetic explanations of biblical scenes from the book of Hosea and Joel. Top engraving (LXXXIII): Depicts the prophet Hosea and symbolic scenes about his marriage and the idolatry of Israel. Lower engraving (LXXXIV): Contains the scene of the book of Joel with a call to penance and judgment.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Etching on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 22 x 35 cm (8.66 x 13.78 inch). Image size: 18.5 x 14 cm. (7.28 x 5.51 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Creases. Folds in corner and horizontal fold. Waterstain. Smudges. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
RELIGION-BIBLE-PROPHET HOSEA-MARRIAGE-IDOLATRY OF ISRAEL-JOEL CALL TO PENANCE | RBOS-A11-25
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was from a Bible series ‘Alle Voornaemste Historien .. Testaments’ published by Jacob Lindenberg, 1713.
Biography engraver: Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was an etcher, draftsman of 3,500 prints from the Northern Netherlands, caricaturist, painter, iconographer, goldsmith, enameller, book illustrator, publisher of maps, inventor of a way to print cotton, lawyer and writer of historical-political work. He made illustrations for books on martial arts, the Bible, emblemata, travel, heresies and garden designs, among others.
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