Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 46 x 40.3 cm (18.11 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 41.7 x 34.7 cm. (16.42 x 13.66 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Original folds as issued. Paper slightly browned. Some foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BIBLE-MATTHEW-KING HEROD-MASSACRE-CHILDREN-BETHLEHEM | BOX-DE HONDT-3
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: 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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