Print Description
Medium: Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 46.5 x 40.3 cm (18.31 x 15.87 inch). Image size: 42.5 x 34.7 cm. (16.73 x 13.66 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Original folds as issued. Paper slightly browned. Minor foxing. Paper separation in left fold, backed. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BIBLE-JOHN-JESUS-MIRACLE-TURNING WATER INTO WINE-MARRIAGE CANA | DE HONDT-BOX 4
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: Jacob Folkema (18 August 1692 – 3 February 1767), a Dutch designer and engraver, was born and died at Dokkum, in Friesland. He was first instructed by his father, Johann Jakob Folkema, a goldsmith, and studied afterwards under B. Picart at Amsterdam. During that time he worked for Royaumont’s Bible, 1712, and Ruysch’s Anatomy, 1737. Folkema was also an excellent engraver in mezzotint.
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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