Antique Print-BIBLE-ACTS-PAUL-BITTEN BY VIPER-MALTA-de Blois-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-ACTS-PAUL-BITTEN BY VIPER-MALTA-de Blois-de Hondt-1728

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€95.00

‘PAUL SHAKETH OFF THE VIPER AND FELT NO HARM (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from the New Testament, Acts 28; , The Apostle Paul is bitten by a venomous viper on the island of Malta after surviving a shipwreck. Paul shook the snake into the fire and felt no harm. When he did not swell up or die, the locals changed their minds and thought he was a god.

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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-ACTS-PAUL-BITTEN BY VIPER-MALTA | DE HONDT-BOX 4

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From De Hondt’s ‘Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Nieuwe Testament’, published in 1728 in The Hague by Pieter de Hondt, The Netherlands.

Text pages included.

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

Biography artist: Arnold Houbraken (1660-1719) was a painter, engraver and writer from Dordrecht. He was s student of Willem Drillenbrug, Jacob de Vecq and Samual van Hoogstraeten. Pieter de Hondt, Dutch publisher and bookseller (1696–1764).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 25 × 1 cm

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