Antique Print-GENESIS-JACOB-ESAU-REUNION-FALLING-CAMEL-Mulder-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-GENESIS-JACOB-ESAU-REUNION-FALLING-CAMEL-Mulder-de Hondt-1728

Print

€75.00

‘ESAU RAN TO MEET JACOB & FELL (..).’

– Original antique print showing a biblical story from Genesis 33. It illustrates the emotional reunion of the estranged brothers Jacob and Esau. Jacob kneels down in humility, while Esau steps forward in armor to embrace and kiss him on the neck. Camels in the background.

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SKU: PICTURA-14244 Category: Tag:

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-JACOB-ESAU-REUNION-FALLING-CAMEL | 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: Joseph Mulder (1658, Amsterdam – 1742, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, known as a renowned engraver.

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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