Description: This plate originates from: 'Tableaux de vieux et nouveau testament. / Afbeeldzels van 't oude en nieuwe testament.' (transl: Images of the old and new testament.), published in Amsterdam by Francois Halma, 1710. This bible is generally refered to as the Scheits print-bible, after the artist who designed the plates.
Artists and Engravers: Few plates have reference to the engraver or artist. Some have J. Lamsveld or A. van Buysen or T. Doesburgh indicated as the engraver after M. 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.
Subject: Plate V.T.24, titled: Les fruits de la terre de Canaan / De vruchten van 't landt Kanaan (The fruits of the land Canaan). Numeri.XIII.23-27. This plate shows: two of Moses men carrying a single cluster of grapes on a pole between them. In the background are Balaam on his donkey during his encounter with the angel and Moses and the bronze serpent.
Condition: Good. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 20.2 x 25.5 cm. The image size is ca. 17.7 x 22.1 cm. Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 8.1 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 6.9 x 8.7 inch.
Medium: Original copperplate etching/engraving on a verge type hand-laid paper.
Location: C242-25
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Condition:Good. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.