Antique Print-ABRAHAM-TITLE-Wandelaar-Fokke-1746

Subject: Title engraving showing Abraham and Sarah at a sacrificial altar with fire.

Condition: Good, the sheet quite browned and thumbed, small tear (0,5 cm into the plate) in the left margin, the edges a little ragged. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Copperplate engraving/etching on verge type paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 15 x 20 cm. The image size is ca. 13 x 17 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 5.9 x 7.9 inch. The image size is ca. 5.1 x 6.7 inch.

Part Number: 43876

Location: C200-31

Description: From: "Abraham de Aartsvader in XII boeken", (Rotterdam: Jan Daniel Beman, 1746) by Arnold Hoogvliet (Vlaardingen 1687-1763). Hoogvliet was an edifying poet of the 18th century. The book from which these prints are taken is seen as his magnum opus.

Artists and Engravers: Engraved by Simon Fokke, after Jan Wandelaar. Simon Fokke (Amsterdam 1712-1784) was the son of actor Arend Fokke. Simon was trained under engraver Jan Caspar Philips when his father found young Simon would rather draw than act. Jan Wandelaar (1690-1759) was a pupil of Gerard de Lairesse. He started designing book illustrations in classicist style in the early 18th century.