Antique Print-BIBLE-JESUS CHRIST-SIMON BEARING THE CROSS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-JESUS CHRIST-SIMON BEARING THE CROSS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

Print

€145.00

‘SIMON BEARETH CHRIST’S CROSS (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from the New Testament, Luke 23; Roman soldiers force a man named Simon of Cyrene to carry the cross behind Jesus. Simon was an innocent bystander unexpectedly caught up in the procession to Jesus’ crucifixion.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 44.5 x 40.3 cm (17.52 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 40.5 x 34.7 cm. (15.94 x 13.66 inch).

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

BIBLE-LUKE-JESUS CHRIST-SIMON BEARING THE CROSS | 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 × 44 × 1 cm

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