Antique Print-BIBLE-RUTH-BOAZ-MARRIAGE-FAMILY-SHOE-Sluiter-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-RUTH-BOAZ-MARRIAGE-FAMILY-SHOE-Sluiter-de Hondt-1728

Print

€75.00

‘BOAZ MARRIES RUTH THE MOABITESSE (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating the biblical scene from Ruth 4. Boaz stands on the left witnessing his relative (center, back turned) hand over or remove a shoe in front of the ten seated city elders. In ancient Israelite tradition, transferring a shoe served as a legal seal to validate the exchange of property and family rights.

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SKU: PICTURA-14493 Category: Tag:

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. Paper slightly browned. Minor foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIBLE-RUTH-BOAZ-MARRIAGE-FAMILY-SHOE | BOX-DE HONDT-2

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: Pieter Sluiter (Sluyter) (1675-1713), Dutch engraver.

Biography artist: Gerard Hoet, the elder (1648-1733) was a Dutch history and genre painter and engraver from Zaltbommel. Pieter de Hondt, Dutch publisher and bookseller (1696–1764).

Additional information

Dimensions 40 × 25 × 1 cm

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