Antique Print-BIBLE-RUTH-GLEANING-GRAIN-FIELDS OF BOAZ-Mulder-de Hondt-1728
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Antique Print-BIBLE-RUTH-GLEANING-GRAIN-FIELDS OF BOAZ-Mulder-de Hondt-1728

Print

€75.00

‘RUTH GLEANETH IN THE FIELDS OF BOAZ (..).’

– Original antique print illustrating the biblical scene from Ruth 2, Ruth is gleaning in the fields of Boaz. Under the Law of Moses, poor people were allowed to gather leftover grain in the fields. Ruth asks Naomi for permission to do this.

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SKU: PICTURA-14491 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: very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

BIBLE-RUTH-GLEANING-GRAIN-FIELDS OF BOAZ | 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: Joseph Mulder (1658, Amsterdam – 1742, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age printmaker, known as a renowned 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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