Print Description
This print shows a view on a numbered copper engraving and accompanying poetic explanations of biblical scenes from the book of Revelation: The vision of the evangelist John on the island of Patmos, where Jesus Christ appears surrounded by symbols from the Revelation (such as the seven stars and the candlesticks). An ornate cartouche decorated with foliage and symbolic ornaments.
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. Waterstains. Fold in upper right corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
RELIGION-BIBLE-BOOK OF REVELATION-EVANGELIST JOHN-JESUS-CARTOUCHE | 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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