Antique Print-BIBLE-DEUTERONOMY-ISRAELITES-MOURNING-DEATH OF MOSES-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-DEUTERONOMY-ISRAELITES-MOURNING-DEATH OF MOSES-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

Print

€175.00

‘THE ISRAELITES MOURN FOR MOSES (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating the biblical narrative from Deuteronomy 34 where the Israelites mourn the death of Moses for 30 days in the plains of Moab, fulfilling the customary period of weeping before preparing to enter the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership.

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SKU: PICTURA-14442 Category: Tag:

Description

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

Sheet size: 24.5 x 40.3 cm (9.65 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 34.7 cm. (8.46 x 13.66 inch).

Condition: very good, given age. Minor creasing, foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIBLE-DEUTERONOMY-ISRAELITES-MOURNING-DEATH OF MOSES | 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: 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: 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).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 48 × 1 cm

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