Amsterdam, Picart, Bernard, Title page for: J. Lenfant and I. de Beausobre, Le Nouveau Testament, 1718, Christ Appears to the Personifications of the Continents, verso lower left - stamped, Christ is enthroned on a rainbow in the sky, he tramples a snake and a skull, which symbolize evil and death respectively. Above his head burns the flame of religious zeal. He proclaims the gospel to the personifications of the continents, who look up at him from the earth. On the right in the background, Idolatry flees. On the left in the background, two astonished men who symbolize Judaism. In the margin a two-line caption in French., print, engraving, title page, prints, height 220 mm, width 153 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1718, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, graveren (drukprocedé), intermediary draughtsman
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