Original 1690 copper engraving with two representations of the temple of Ezekiel: above, the measured elevation unrolled on a scroll; below, the portico with its storied pediment and the statues that crown it. The caption, in Dutch, explains the division of the triglyphs according to Ezekiel's measuring reed.
Original 1690 copper engraving with two representations of the temple of Ezekiel: above, the measured elevation unrolled on a scroll; below, the portico with its storied pediment and the statues that crown it. The caption, in Dutch, explains the division of the triglyphs according to Ezekiel's measuring reed.
It comes from the work of biblical antiquarianism by Wilhelmus Goeree, published in Amsterdam in 1690, which spread through Europe the reconstruction of the temple proposed by the Jesuit Juan Bautista Villalpando in his commentaries on Ezekiel. The leaf carries the page number 1332.
Medium: Copper engraving (burin).
Artist: After the reconstruction of Juan Bautista Villalpando.
Date: 1690.
Source: Wilhelmus Goeree, Amsterdam, 1690; page 1332.
Dimensions: 8 x 13.4 in (20.2 x 34 cm).
Condition: Laid paper with a watermark, somewhat browned at the edges and with small tears in the left margin, along the binding area; the image clean and well printed.