St John the Baptist preaching.

Engraving, 41,3 x 51,9 cm, laid paper with unident. watermark, signed "Nicolaes de Bruyn inven. CJVisscher Excu.", Latin and Dutch text (vert. fold strengthened, sm. tear on edge).

Hinged at upper edges, under passe-partout.

Claes Jansz. Visscher published large biblical prints on so-called royal-size paper. The plates were reused by his son and grandson Nicolaes Visscher I and II in their royal-size picture Bible, the "Historiae Sacrae Veteris et Novi Testamenti", of which an example is in London (British Museum, inv. 1939,0130.1.1). 1st state before later address.
Ref. New Hollstein (Nicolaes de Bruyn) 71, copy.