Antique Print-DECAPITATE-BEHEAD-STAKE-SEVERED-HEAD-PROCESSION-Pl. 86-Luyken-1740

Original etching/engraving on a verge type paper on paper.

Size in cm: The overall size is ca. 16 x 14 cm. The image size is ca. 15 x 12.5 cm. Size in inch: The overall size is ca. 6.3 x 5.5 inch. The image size is ca. 5.9 x 4.9 inch.

Plate 86: ‘Een Monnik in een oproer te Konstantinopolen ‘t hoofd afgesneeden, en ‘t zelve op een Spies omgedraagen’ (The head of a monk severed and carried on a stake during an uprising in Constantinople). It shows: The severed head on a stake, being walked through town in an aggressive procession. This original engraving originates from ‘Tafereelen der eerste Christenen, bestaande in 92 konstprenten’ (Scenes of the first Christians, in 92 prints). This book was published in 1740 in Amsterdam by Gerrity de Groot and Jacobus Rijkhof. The prints by Luyken are accompanied by texts by P. Langendyk and C. Bruyn.Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Jan Luyken after his own designs

Condition: Very good, given age. Original middle fold. Some general age-related toning and thumbing, please study scan carefully.

Keywords: ANTIQUE PRINT-DECAPITATE-BEHEAD-STAKE-SEVERED-HEAD-PROCESSION-PL. 86-LUYKEN

(PCO) C218-36