Name: Antique Print-BIBLE-SAMUEL-KING SAUL-DAVID-CAVE-ROBE-van Buysen-de Hondt-1728
SKU: PICTURA-14519
Price: 75.00 EUR
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Antique Print-BIBLE-SAMUEL-KING SAUL-DAVID-CAVE-ROBE-van Buysen-de Hondt-1728

€75.00

‘DAVID SHEWETH SAUL THE SKIRT OF HIS ROBE (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from 1 Samuel 24; David spares King Saul’s life in a cave at En-gedi. Instead of killing him, David secretly cuts off a corner of Saul’s robe. He later shows Saul this piece of cloth to prove his innocence and demonstrate that he had the opportunity to kill the king, but chose loyalty over treason.

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SKU: PICTURA-14519 Category: Religious Tag: Religious

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 SAUL-DAVID-CAVE-ROBE | 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: Andries van Buysen, Dutch engraver and etcher (1674–1747).

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).