Allegorical and Historical Prints

Engravings illustrating allegorical themes and historic events, featuring personifications, historical figures, and symbolic elements.

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. With an empty margin., print, title page, prints, engraving, height 220 mm, width 153 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1718, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman
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. With an empty margin., print, title page, prints, engraving, height 220 mm, width 153 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1673-06-11 - 1733-05-08, print maker, printmaker, 1718 - 1718, first quarter 18th century, paper, papier, etching, etchings, engraving (printing process), intermediary draughtsman