Antique Print-PRODIGAL SON-LUK 15:17-20-WILDERNESS-SWINE-Spinneker-Philips-1758

Price: € 39,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: '3. De Verlooren Zoon, tot zich zelven keerende.' - Illustration to the Biblical Parable of the Prodigal Son. This shows the son in the wilderness as a pig shepherd. The image illustrates the moment when the son in his cathartic moment just before the return to his father. Luke 15:17-20, IconClass 73C8645.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Margins cropped close to the platemark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Etching on hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 13.5 x 10.5 cm. The image size is ca. 11.5 x 9 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 5.3 x 4.1 inch. The image size is ca. 4.5 x 3.5 inch.

Part Number: 62063

Location: C329-04

Description: From "Vervolg der Leerzame Zinnebeelden, Spiegel der Boetvaardigheid en Genade en eenige Stichtelyke Gezangen", by Adriaan Spinneker, published in Haarlem by Jan Bosch, 1758. First and only edition. This is a continuation of Spinniker's 'Leerzaame Zinnebeelden.' (Haarlem, Isaac van der Vinne, 1714, and new-title editions of 1756 and 1757), which contained 50 emblems by Vincent van de Vinne. Ref: Landwehr, Emblem & Fable books Low Countries 760; Landwehr, Dutch Emblem books (1962), 217; NNBW 4, cols. 1260-2.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'J.C. Philips' after 'Adriaan Spinneker'. Most of the refined plates are by painter and etcher Vincent van der Vinne Jr (1686-1742), although J.C. Philips is given as the etcher of 4 plates in the second part of this book. The author of this work is Adriaan Spinniker (Groningen 1676-1754 Haarlem). He was a preacher with the doopsgezinde gemeente in Amsterdam. He is known for his poetry.