The Ruin of Babylon - Vansomer Engraving after B. Lens - Blome
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Original copper engraving titled at the foot The Ruine of Babilon (Revelation, ch. 18): the harbor of the great city wrapped in flames, with the merchants and the king lamenting over the bales and vessels of the ruined trade, and an angel casting the millstone into the water. Signed B. Lens delin. and Vansomer sculp.
Original copper engraving titled at the foot The Ruine of Babilon (Revelation, ch. 18): the harbor of the great city wrapped in flames, with the merchants and the king lamenting over the bales and vessels of the ruined trade, and an angel casting the millstone into the water. Signed B. Lens delin. and Vansomer sculp.
It comes from The History of the Old and New Testament by Richard Blome, London. Bernard Lens was one of the English draughtsmen most in demand among the publishers of his time, and the cartouche above carries the arms of the lady who paid for the copper, the widow of a baronet.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Bernard Lens.
Engraver: Vansomer.
Source: Richard Blome, The History of the Old and New Testament, London; print no. 82.
Dimensions: Sheet 10.0 x 15.7 in (25.5 x 40 cm).
Condition: Heavily toned paper; substantial tears and losses at the right and lower edges of the sheet and at the borders, with loss of margin. The plate mark complete and well printed.
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Original copper engraving titled at the foot The Ruine of Babilon (Revelation, ch. 18): the harbor of the great city wrapped in flames, with the merchants and the king lamenting over the bales and vessels of the ruined trade, and an angel casting the millstone into the water. Signed B. Lens delin. and Vansomer sculp.