‘[HOSPICUM SUPERIS PRAEBET LOT INSCIUS HAEC SORS. ILLIUS EST CORDI CUI FACERE OFFICIUM. AR. MONT.] (ORIGINAL SUBTITLE). ANTONIUS BLOCKLANT INVENTOR. PHILLIPUS GALLE FECIT. ANTUERPIAE AD INSIGNE CERUI AUREI IN PLATEA LOMBARDICA UETERI’

– Lot bows before two angels who appear in human form. The angels hold staffs and wear flowing garments. In the background, Lot’s household is seen, and architecture of Sodom is depicted.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 28 x 21 cm (11.02 x 8.27 inch). Image size: 28 x 21 cm. (11.02 x 8.27 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Moderate soiling and darkening throughout. Trimmed within platemark. Minor paper loss top right. Small tears and creasing along the middle bottom and left edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

LOT, ANGELS, SODOM, OLD TESTAMENT, PHILIPS GALLE, BLOCKLANDT VAN MONTFOORT, BIBLICAL PRINT, 16TH CENTURY ENGRAVING, HOSPITALITY OF LOT | PCO-A56-09

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

No. 1 from a series of 4 engraved by Philips Galle after Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort, ca. 1557-1570. From the series “The Story of Lot”.

Reference: New Hollstein 6; Hollstein 6-13.

Early edition.

Biography engraver: Philips Galle (1537-1612) was a Flemish engraver and influential publisher active in Haarlem and later Antwerp. He was a pupil of Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert and worked closely with Hieronymus Cock before establishing his own successful press. Known for publishing prints after Heemskerck, van Blocklandt, Stradanus, and others.

Biography artist: Anthonie Blocklandt van Montfoort (1533/34-1583) was a Dutch Mannerist painter trained by Frans Floris. Active in Delft and later Utrecht, he produced altarpieces, biblical scenes, and portraits, playing a pivotal role in the development of Northern Mannerism.