The King Will Desire Your Beauty - Woodcut by Josef Bossaert - 1979

Original woodcut by the Belgian artist Josef A. M. Bossaert (1915-2006): a woman with a flower in her hand and, before her, the crowned face of the king, worked in whites cut with the gouge against black. It illustrates Psalm 45: inscribed by hand below, "Laat ons de Koning uw schoonheid begeren. XXXXV, 12". Numbered 3/5 and signed and dated in pencil 1979.

Medium: Woodcut
Artist / after: Josef A. M. Bossaert
Date: 1979
Dimensions: 8.0 x 10.3 in (20.2 x 26.2 cm)
Condition: Good condition; clean laid paper, impression of good contrast