Antique Print-NUMBERS-MIDIANITES-ISRAELITES-SPOILS-OFFERING-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-NUMBERS-MIDIANITES-ISRAELITES-SPOILS-OFFERING-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

Print

€75.00

‘THE OBLATION OUT OF THE SPOILS (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating the biblical narrative from Numbers 31 where the Israelites after defeating the Midianites, they gathered vast amounts of spoils, including gold jewelry, bracelets, and rings. Moses and Eleazar the priest collected this plunder as a “heave offering” (or oblation) and brought it to the Tabernacle as a memorial and thanksgiving to God.

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SKU: PICTURA-14436 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-NUMBERS-MIDIANITES-ISRAELITES-SPOILS-OFFERING | BOX-DE HONDT-2

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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