Antique Print-JUDGES-GIDEON-BATTLE-MIDIANITES-TRUMPETS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
Antique Print-JUDGES-GIDEON-BATTLE-MIDIANITES-TRUMPETS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728 - Image 2
Antique Print-JUDGES-GIDEON-BATTLE-MIDIANITES-TRUMPETS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728 - Image 3

Antique Print-JUDGES-GIDEON-BATTLE-MIDIANITES-TRUMPETS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

Print

€125.00

‘GIDEONS BATTLE WITH THE MIDIANITES (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating the biblical scene from Judges 7, it shows Gideon’s Battle with the Midianites. The image captures the chaotic climax where Gideon’s men blow their trumpets and smash their jars to reveal the torches, shouting, “A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!”

In stock

SKU: PICTURA-14474 Category: Tag:

Description

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

Sheet size: 45.3 x 40.3 cm (17.83 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 41.5 x 34.7 cm. (16.34 x 13.66 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Original folds as issued. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIBLE-JUDGES-GIDEON-BATTLE-MIDIANITES-TRUMPETS | 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 × 45 × 1 cm

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Antique Print-JUDGES-GIDEON-BATTLE-MIDIANITES-TRUMPETS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728”

You might also like: