[Forty two children mocking Elisha being torn apart by bears]

Borcht, Petrus van der 1545-1608

[Jode, Gérard de 1509-1591]

print

Edition Statement 1ed. ; Print Statement1

[Gérard de Jode]

(Antwerp]

[c. 1579]

1 print : engraving ; plate mark 184 x 242 mm. on sheet 279 x 358 mm.

paper

Latin

Netherlands

Numbered and signed, in the bottom centre: "RvB 4". In the Frame: "4 3"

Pr. [135] of: THESAVRVS SACRARVM HISTORIARṼ VETERIS TESTAMẼTI

Biblioteca Angelica 2

Print of the series of 'Story of Elijah and Elisha' of the second edition of "Thesaurus". Print separate in ornemental frame. Engraver and statement of print based on The New Hollstein. In the upper right corner of the sheet: "135" in pencil.

Good

Elijah (Biblical prophet)
Elisha (Biblical prophet)

Landscapes
Decoration and ornament
Grotesque in art
Cartouches, Ornamental (Decorative arts)

Biblioteca Angelica

Fondo Antico

RARI.I.7.34,135

Link to mother card

RARI.I.7.34,frontispiece,1-342

Link to album description

RARI.I.7.34

The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Peeter van der Borcht, Rotterdam, 2004, p. 16, n° 14.

Rijksmuseum’s digital copy