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The Great City of God, Title page for: Hermannus Samuel Reimarus, The Principal Truths of Natural Religion, in Ten Treatises, 1758, Allegory of the Heavenly Jerusalem, print, title page, A female personification with an incense burner seated by an image of The Great City of God, held by putti. In the background, the silhouette of the city of Jerusalem. Surrounded by a frame with animals such as a lion, snake, squirrel, and birds., printmaker: Abraham Delfos, publisher: Abraham Honkoop (I), Leiden, paper, etching, height 177 mm x width 110 mm, Title page for: Reimarus, Hermannus Samuel. The Principal Truths of Natural Religion, in Ten Treatises. Leiden: Honkoop, Abraham (I), 1758. Print from a scrapbook with title prints, ornaments, etc. on blue paper, disassembled in 1983. According to a note on the verso, the print was on p. 213 of this album., the New Jerusalem, the all-seeing eye, triangle with eye, symbol of God the Father, A detailed monochrome engraving shows a seated woman in flowing drapery holding a vessel with a wreath resting nearby, surrounded by several winged cherubs; two cherubs hold up a large ornate cloth decorated with concentric circular patterns while others hover or stand nearby; the scene is framed by a decorative border with scrolling foliage, perched birds, a spiderweb, and small animals including a squirrel, and a reclining lion head motif at the bottom; in the background there is a landscape with trees, distant buildings, and grazing animals under a textured sky.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A90_016

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

33.9Mo (9.9Mo) / 22.9cm x 37.1cm / 2702 x 4384 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Great City God Title page Hermannus Samuel Reimarus Principal Truths Natural Religion Ten Treatises 1758 Allegory Heavenly Jerusalem print title page female personification incense burner seated image held putti background silhouette city Jerusalem Surrounded frame animals lion snake squirrel birds printmaker Abraham Delfos publisher Abraham Honkoop I Leiden paper etching height 177 mm x width 110 mm Reimarus Hermannus Samuel Honkoop Abraham Print scrapbook title prints ornaments etc blue paper disassembled 1983 According note verso print was p 213 album New Jerusalem -seeing eye triangle eye symbol Father detailed monochrome engraving seated woman flowing drapery holding vessel wreath resting nearby surrounded several winged cherubs two cherubs hold up large ornate cloth decorated concentric circular patterns hover stand nearby scene framed decorative border scrolling foliage perched birds spiderweb small animals reclining head motif bottom landscape trees distant buildings grazing animals under textured sky