Gideon Throws Down the Altar of Baal - Original Hoet Bible Engraving - 1728
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Original Dutch Bible engraving by Pieter Sluiter after a drawing by Gerard Hoet: Gideon throws down the altar of Baal before the alarmed townspeople, the idol still standing beyond (Judges VI, 28-32). Lettered below in Hebrew, Latin, English, French, German and Dutch.
Original Dutch Bible engraving by Pieter Sluiter after a drawing by Gerard Hoet: Gideon throws down the altar of Baal before the alarmed townspeople, the idol still standing beyond (Judges VI, 28-32). Lettered below in Hebrew, Latin, English, French, German and Dutch.
Gerard Hoet (1648-1733) designed one of the most widely circulated illustrated Bible series of the 18th century, engraved by the best Dutch burins and published in the Figures de la Bible (1720) and in the Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, issued at The Hague in 1728.
Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Gerard Hoet (1648-1733).
Engraver: Pieter Sluiter.
Date: c. 1720; The Hague edition, 1728.
Source: Taferelen der voornaamste geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament, The Hague, Pieter de Hondt, 1728.
Dimensions: Image 13.8 x 8.3 in (35 x 21 cm), height x width; the print is upright.
Condition: Fair. General age-related toning and light stains in the right margin.
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Original Dutch Bible engraving by Pieter Sluiter after a drawing by Gerard Hoet: Gideon throws down the altar of Baal before the alarmed townspeople, the idol still standing beyond (Judges VI, 28-32). Lettered below in Hebrew, Latin, English, French, German and Dutch.