Antique Print-KING DAVID-EXECUTION-MALAKITE MESSENGER-de Blois-de Hondt-1728

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‘THE AMALEKITE SLAIN WHO SLEW SAUL (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from II Samuel 1; King David orders the execution of an Amalekite messenger who brought him Saul’s crown and bracelet, claiming to have killed the wounded King Saul.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 25.5 x 40.3 cm (10.04 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 34.7 cm. (8.46 x 13.66 inch).

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

BIBLE-SAMUEL-KING DAVID-EXECUTION-MALAKITE MESSENGER | BOX-DE HONDT-3

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: Abraham de Blois (active 1679-1720), Dutch Engraver and mezzotinter.

Biography artist: Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a French painter and engraver. He received his art education from his father, Etienne (1632-1721), from Le Brun and Jouvenet at the Royal Academy. His talents developed rapidly: at the age of sixteen he gained honors at the Academy of Paris. His prints in the ‘French’ taste were very popular. His way of working was also very influential for the book illustration in the Netherlands. Pieter de Hondt, Dutch publisher and bookseller (1696–1764).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 25 × 1 cm

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