Antique Print-BIBLE-JUDITH BEHEADS HOLOFERNES-MURDER-Pigne-de Hondt-1728

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110.00

‘JUDITH CUTTETH OFF HOLOFERNES HEAD WHILE HE SLEPT (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from Judith 13; Judith beheads Holofernes. Specifically, it shows Judith standing over the Assyrian general’s bed, sword in hand, after having just decapitated him to save her people.

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

BIBLE-JUDITH BEHEADS HOLOFERNES-MURDER | 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: Nicolas Pigne (born 1700), French 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).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 25 × 1 cm

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