Name: Antique Print-BIBLE-JOSHUA-FALL OF JERICHO-ISRAELITES-JEWS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
SKU: PICTURA-14448
Price: 110.00 EUR
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Antique Print-BIBLE-JOSHUA-FALL OF JERICHO-ISRAELITES-JEWS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

€110.00

‘THE DESTRUCTION OF JERICHO BY JOSHUA (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating the Fall of Jericho, specifically the biblical account from Joshua 6 where the city’s walls collapsed after the Israelites marched around them. In the foreground, Joshua and his soldiers are shown witnessing the event.

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SKU: PICTURA-14448 Category: Religious Tag: Religious

Description

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

Sheet size: 46 x 40.5 cm (18.11 x 15.94 inch). Image size: 41.7 x 34.4 cm. (16.42 x 13.54 inch).

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

BIBLE-JOSHUA-FALL OF JERICHO-ISRAELITES-JEWS | 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).