Antique Print-BIBLE-KRONIKEN-DESTRUCTION TEMPLE-FIRE-SALOMON-de Hooghe-1713

This print shows a view on a numbered copper engraving and accompanying poetic explanations of biblical scenes from the book of II. Kronyken (Fol. 113), of the destruction and fire of the Temple of Solomon,

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Etching on handlaid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22 x 35 cm (8.66 x 13.78 inch). Image size: 18.5 x 14 cm. (7.28 x 5.51 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Creases. Folds in corner. Waterstains. Smudges. Brown spot. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RELIGION-BIBLE-KRONIKEN-DESTRUCTION TEMPLE-FIRE-SALOMO | RBOS-A11-25

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was from a Bible series ‘Alle Voornaemste Historien .. Testaments’ published by Jacob Lindenberg, 1713.

Biography engraver: Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was an etcher, draftsman of 3,500 prints from the Northern Netherlands, caricaturist, painter, iconographer, goldsmith, enameller, book illustrator, publisher of maps, inventor of a way to print cotton, lawyer and writer of historical-political work. He made illustrations for books on martial arts, the Bible, emblemata, travel, heresies and garden designs, among others.