Antique Print-BIBLE-GENESIS-CAIN AND ABEL-Baptist-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-GENESIS-CAIN AND ABEL-Baptist-de Hondt-1728

Print

€75.00

‘CAIN RISES UP AGAINST HIS BROTHER (..).’

– Original antique print showing a scene from Genesis; Cain murdering his brother Abel. Two distinct sacrificial altars stand in the background. Cain’s crop offering is positioned on the right. Abel’s lamb sacrifice sits on the left. The bottom margin includes text from Genesis 4:8 written in six languages. It features Hebrew, Latin, English, French, German, and Dutch translations.

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SKU: PICTURA-14187 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-GENESIS-CAIN AND ABEL | BOX-DE HONDT-1

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: J. Baptist, engraver.

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 × 24 × 1 cm

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