Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 25.5 x 40.3 cm (10.04 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 21.5 x 34.7 cm. (8.46 x 13.66 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BIBLE-JONAH PREACHES IN NINEVEH-PROPHET | BOX-DE HONDT-3
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: Joseph Mulder (1658, Amsterdam – 1742, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, known as a renowned engraver.
Biography artist: Bernard Picart (1673-1733) was a French painter and engraver. He received his art education from his father, Etienne (1632-1721), from Le Brun and Jouvenet at the Royal Academy. His talents developed rapidly: at the age of sixteen he gained honors at the Academy of Paris. His prints in the ‘French’ taste were very popular. His way of working was also very influential for the book illustration in the Netherlands. Pieter de Hondt, Dutch publisher and bookseller (1696–1764).
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