Important Judaica

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Six Biblical Paintings, Flemish School, 17th century, After Maarten de Vos

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Oil on copper, each panel 5 x 6 inches (13 x 15 cm.) Overall 12.5 x 21 inches


These the six biblical scenes are adaptations of a series of prints published in 1585 by Gerard de Jode in the Thesaurus Sacrarum Historiarum veteris testamenti.... They were designed by Maarten de Vos and the subjects are from top right:


The Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael

The Binding of Issac

Isaac Blessing Jacob

‎Jacob's Dream

The Meeting of Jacob and Rachel

Susannah and the Elders


Literature: Hans Mielke "Antwerperen Graphik in der 2. Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts: Der Thesaurus veteris et novi Testamenti des Gerard de Jode (1585) und seine Künstler" in Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte 38, no. 1 (1975), pp. 29-83.

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