Antique Print-BIBLE-GENESIS-CREATION-HEAVEN AND EARTH-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-GENESIS-CREATION-HEAVEN AND EARTH-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

Print

€145.00

‘IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH (..).’

– Original antique print dealing with biblical cosmology; the creation of heaven and earth, depicting the first day of Creation from Genesis 1:1. A geometric chart depicting concentric planetary spheres and orbits reflecting early scientific and religious cosmological models. A cross-section of the newly formed Earth showing chaotic matter and subterranean waters. Two classical figures sit at the bottom base: a female figure holding a celestial sphere (representing Astronomy, Urania, or Science) and an old winged man carrying a scythe (representing Chronos or Time). The very bottom margin contains translations of Genesis 1:1 (“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth”) in French, English, German, and Dutch.

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Description

Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 24.5 x 40.3 cm (9.65 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 34.7 cm. (8.46 x 13.66 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Minor creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIBLE-GENESIS-CREATION-HEAVEN AND EARTH | BOX-DE HONDT-1

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From De Hondt’s ‘Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament’, published in 1728 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Text pages included.

Biography engraver: Gilliam van der Gouwen, first name also transcribed as Guilliam and Willem (ca. 1657, Antwerp — buried on 15 March 1716, Amsterdam) was a Flemish engraver who spent most of his active career in the Dutch Republic. He is known for his reproductive engravin.

Biography artist: Gerard Hoet, the elder (1648-1733) was a Dutch history and genre painter and engraver from Zaltbommel. Pieter de Hondt, Dutch publisher and bookseller (1696–1764).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 24 × 1 cm

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