
Pieter Mortier (1661-1711) - Set of 2 Prints - Biblical Plot - Saul among the prophecies, Heliodorus beaten with sticks
Three engravings (nos. 27, 34 & 44 of a total of 100) by the brothers Joseph Sebastian (1710-1768) and Johann Baptist Klauber (1712-1787), produced and published in 1748 by themselves in Augsburg, the stronghold of printmaking.
Polyscenic hyperimages depicting stories of Ruth and Boas, Saul and David, Elijah and others, playfully composed into complex cartouches, accompanied by engraved Latin text.
Size: sheet: 23 x 35 cm; plate: 20 x 31 cm.
Full size original sheets; excellent prints; no. 34 with some stains.
Title of the series:
Biblische Geschichten des Alten und Neuen Testaments: Denen Jungen Zu leichterer Erlehrnung, Denen Alten Zu frischerer Behaltung, Denen Predigeren Zu geschwinderer Erinnerung, Allen Zum nutzlichen und heiligen Augen-Lust, In Hundert fruchtbaren Blätteren […] / Historiae Biblicae Veteris Et Novi Testamenti […].
This series arguably marks the climax of Rococo engraving.
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