Antique Print-BIBLE-MATTHEW-JESUS FEEDS A CROWD-FISH-BREAD-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-MATTHEW-JESUS FEEDS A CROWD-FISH-BREAD-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

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€145.00

‘A GREAT MULTITUDE FED WITH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISHES (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from the New Testament, Matthew 14; Jesus miraculously feeds a crowd of over 5,000 men, plus women and children, using only five loaves of bread and two fish. Starting with just this small amount, Jesus blesses the food, and as it is passed around, everyone eats until they are completely full.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 45 x 40.3 cm (17.72 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 41.5 x 35 cm. (16.34 x 13.78 inch).

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

BIBLE-MATTHEW-JESUS FEEDS A CROWD-FISH-BREAD | 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: 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: 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 × 45 × 1 cm

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