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Description: From 'Tafereelen des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments […] Tableaux du Vieux & Nouveaux Testament.' Published in Amsterdam by Josua and Reinier Ottens, 1754. In this ed. the captions in English, in addition to the titles in French and Dutch, were added above the image. Ref: IconClass 71F2454.
Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Matthias Scheits'. Matthias Scheits (c. 1625-c. 1700) was a German painter and draughtsman. He studied in Hamburg and in the northern Netherlands, where he was a pupil of Philips Wouwerman. His approach to painting was sketchy, divesting his subjects of solemnity and pomp. The generally cheerful scenes are surrounded by dimly lit space with an atmospheric landscape. His works include familiar Dutch genre themes, soldiers at their encampment, music at home, but he also executed religious subjects, notably in 152 drawings for engravings for this illustrated Bible.
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Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Jepthahs daughter bewailing her virginity. Iudges.XI.38-40.' - The daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite has left her father's house with friends to bewail her virginity, before her father would have to offer her to God. Judges 11: 34-40.
Condition: Very good, given age. Some faint stains and soiling in the margins. Two small wormholes in the lower left margin corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 24.5 x 33 cm. The image size is ca. 17.5 x 21.5 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 9.6 x 13 inch. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 8.5 inch.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: A329-16
SKU: TPC 62470.1
Section: SCHEITS-BIBLE
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