Antique Print-TOBIAS AND ANGEL-RAPHAEL-JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES-de Hooghe-1713

This print shows a view on a numbered copper engraving and accompanying poetic explanations of biblical scenes from the book of Tobias: (Fig. XCVI): Depicts the Biblical story of Tobias and the Angel Raphael (Tobias Cap. 5), in which Tobias catches a fish whose gall is preserved to cure his father’s blindness. (Fig. XCVII): Illustrates the story of Judith and Holofernes in his tent (including Achior and the triumph in Bethulia)

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. Tears restored in margin. Folds in corners. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

RELIGION-BIBLE-TOBIAS AND ANGEL-RAPHAEL-JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES-BETHULIA | 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.