Antwerp, Cock, Hieronymus, Heemskerck, Maarten van, Netherlands, History of Gideon, Dew on the woolen fleece, verso bottom center - stamped, The kneeling Gideon asks God, who appears above the threshing floor with the woolen fleece, for confirmation of his assignment to deliver Israel. If there was dew on the wool a day later, while the ground around it was dry, then Gideon knew for sure that Israel would be delivered through his efforts. Behind this scene Gideon wrings the wet fleece over a bowl. Behind that Gideon's army. In the margin a one-line caption in Latin., print, prints, height 203 mm, width 251 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1561 - 1561, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), Work conception, Northern Netherlands, 1498 - 1574, after a design by, Publication (Event), Publication, Southern Netherlands, 1518 - 1570-03-10, publisher
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