An original copper engraving of 1688 with the flight into Egypt: the Virgin and Child on the donkey led by Saint Joseph, among palm trees with a hamlet behind. Signed within the plate mark "Freman inv." and "Burnford fe.", numbered (12) and with the dedication cartouche above.
An original copper engraving of 1688 with the flight into Egypt: the Virgin and Child on the donkey led by Saint Joseph, among palm trees with a hamlet behind. Signed within the plate mark "Freman inv." and "Burnford fe.", numbered (12) and with the dedication cartouche above.
From The History of the Old and New Testament, published in London by Richard Blome in 1688, funded by subscription from the English nobility, whose arms appear in the cartouches.
Medium: copper engraving
Artist / after: G. Freman
Engraver: Burnford
Source: The History of the Old and New Testament, Richard Blome, London, 1688
Date: 1688
Dimensions: 10.1 x 15.7 in (25.6 x 40 cm)
Condition: fair; foxing and small imperfections, chiefly in the right margin