Name: Antique Master Print-JEROBOAM-AHIJAH-CLOAK-DIVISION-Collaert-Francken-1579/1585
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Antique Master Print-JEROBOAM-AHIJAH-CLOAK-DIVISION-Collaert-Francken-1579/1585

€195.00

‘IN PARTES CLAMIDEM FISSENS SCINDIT AHIAS PRAEFECTUM REGNI IEROBOAMQUE NOTAT. 3. REG. II.’

– The prophet Ahijah tears his cloak into twelve pieces, handing ten of them to Jeroboam, symbolizing the division of the kingdom of Israel. A walled city appears in the background.

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Description

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Pot.

Sheet size: 29.2 x 20.7 cm (11.5 x 8.15 inch). Image size: 29 x 20.5 cm. (11.42 x 8.07 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Narrow margins. Small tear at top middle, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

JEROBOAM, AHIJAH, OLD TESTAMENT, PROPHETS, KINGSHIP, 10 TRIBES, DIVISION OF ISRAEL, HANS COLLAERT, AMBROSIUS FRANCKEN, DE JODE, THESAURUS | PCO-A56-18

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris testamenti, Gerard de Jode, Antwerp (1579 or 1585).

Reference: Mielke 25-1(2); New Hollstein Dutch 53-2(3).

Early edition.

Biography engraver: Hans Collaert I (ca. 1530-1580), prominent Flemish engraver from the Collaert dynasty, known for his collaboration with Antwerp publishers such as Gerard de Jode and Philips Galle.

Biography artist: Ambrosius Francken I (ca. 1544-1618), Flemish painter and designer of religious and historical scenes, active in Antwerp and associated with the Francken family of painters.