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Auction 199, Lot 714

"Proiicerent Fratres Iosephum in Cisternam, Sustulerunt, Vendideruntque eum Iischmahelitis. Geneseos 37.24", Visscher, Claes Janszoon

Subject: Prints - Religion

Period: 1650 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
20.4 x 14.4 inches
51.8 x 36.6 cm
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This superb and uncommon engraving depicts Joseph's 11 brothers throwing him into an empty well prior to selling him as a slave to some traveling Midianites.

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Condition: B+

A sharp impression on a bright sheet with manuscript red-lining around the engraving and a repaired tear in the title below the engraving. Remargined at right and left. There are some tiny tears along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Unsold

Closed on 9/11/2024

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