Acht Oud-Testamentische scènes op een blad, Jan Luyken, 1712

Title(s)

Acht Oud-Testamentische scènes op een blad

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1896-A-19368-2744

Catalogue reference

• Van Eeghen 4009
• Van Eeghen 4010
• Van Eeghen 4011
• Van Eeghen 4012
• Van Eeghen 4013
• Van Eeghen 4014
• Van Eeghen 4020
• Van Eeghen 4024

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Artist

• print maker: Jan Luyken (mentioned on object)
• publisher: weduwe Pieter Arentsz & Cornelis van der Sys (II)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1712

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 284 mm × width 373 mm

What

• the Flood and destruction of mankind ~ story of Noah (Genesis 7:10 - 8:17)
• Sodom and Gomorrah burning
• Abraham picks up the knife to kill Isaac
• while Joseph's brothers are eating, a caravan of Ishmaelite (Midianite) merchants passes by: Judah proposes to sell Joseph to them
• Mount Sinai is covered by a thick cloud, thunder and lightning
• an angel holding a sword bars the way and causes Balaam's ass to turn aside; the angel is invisible to Balaam
• Job on the dunghill (Job 2:7-13)
• when Jonah arrives in the city of Nineveh he foretells its destruction in forty days

Acquisition

purchase Jul-1896

Copyright

Public domain

• Het werk van Jan en Casper Luyken, dl. 2, p. 701-703, cat.nr. 4009 -4015; 4020; 4024