Antique Print-BIBLE-KINGS-JUDGEMENT OF SOLOMON-BABY-HARLOTS-Gouwen-de Hondt-1728

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‘SALOMONS JUDGMENT BETWEEN THE HARLOTS (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating a biblical scene from I Kings 3 where Solomon orders a baby to be cut in half, revealing the true mother by her willingness to give up the child to save its life.

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Description

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

Sheet size: 47 x 40.3 cm (18.5 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 41.7 x 34.5 cm. (16.42 x 13.58 inch).

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

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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: 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).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 47 × 1 cm

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