Print Description
This print shows a view on the murder of innocent children in Bethlehem, ordered by Herodes.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: engraving on handlaid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 17.5 x 24.5 cm (6.89 x 9.65 inch). Image size: 16.5 x 23 cm. (6.5 x 9.06 inch).
Condition: fair, given age. Small tears in lower margin restored. Paper loss in lower left corner. Pencil stripes by a child on reverse and in front. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
MURDER-INNOCENT CHILDREN-BETHLEHEM-HERODES-BIBLE-RELIGION | RBOS-A11-27
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published by Josua and Reinier Ottens, Amsterdam 1754.
Biography engraver: Acob Folkema (18 August 1692 – 3 February 1767), a Dutch designer and engraver, was born and died at Dokkum, in Friesland. He was first instructed by his father, Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith, and studied afterwards under B. Picart at Amsterdam. During that time he worked for Royaumont’s Bible, 1712, and Ruysch’s Anatomy, 1737. Folkema was also an excellent engraver in mezzotint.
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