Antique Print-KING SOLOMON-DEDICATION-DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLE-de Hooghe-1713

This print shows a view on two numbered copper engravings and accompanying poetic explanations of biblical scenes from the book of 2 Chronicles: King Solomon’s dedication of the temple and the destruction of the temple scene.

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. Some tears in margin restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RELIGION-BIBLE-KING SOLOMON-DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE-DESTRUCTION OF TEMPLE | 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.