Name: Antique Master Print-DESTRUCTION-TEMPLE-BAAL-JEHOIADA-Muller-Heemskerck-c.1567
SKU: PICTURA-11784
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Antique Master Print-DESTRUCTION-TEMPLE-BAAL-JEHOIADA-Muller-Heemskerck-c.1567

€295.00

‘BALICOLAS SACRIS OPERATOS MACTAT ET ARIS / EXCISIS POPULUS DE MARMORE SIGNA REFRINGIT. 2. REGUM 11.18.’

– The destruction of the temple of Baal: soldiers destroy statues and slay priests. Jehoiada and young King Joash watch from the side.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: present but unclear.

Sheet size: 24 x 19 cm (9.45 x 7.48 inch). Image size: 24 x 19 cm. (9.45 x 7.48 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Pinhole in left margin. Rear: remains of paper tape from attachment. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BAAL, JOASH, JEHOIADA, TEMPLE DESTRUCTION, BIBLICAL, SOLDIERS, IDOLATRY, HEEMSKERCK, MULLER, DE JODE, 16TH CENTURY PRINT | PCO-A56-30

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by Gerard de Jode, Antwerp, c. 1567.

Reference: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish), Heemskerck 142.I.

Provenance: Ex. Coll. Laurentius.

Biography engraver: Harmen Jansz. Muller (c. 1540-1617) was a Dutch engraver known for biblical and allegorical prints. He was a student of Hendrik Goltzius.

Biography artist: Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574) was a Dutch Renaissance painter and designer, known for his vivid and dramatic religious compositions.