Live auction - Lot 168
[Dutch]
The Story of Jephta.
[Amsterdam], Claes Jansz. Visscher II, c. 1643
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
6 engravings, 21,5 x 28 cm, signed and numbered (wide margins).
Loose.
Complete series, published in the "Theatrum Biblicum": Jephta is cast out by his brothers because he is the son of a harlot, his messengers attempt to make a treaty with the king of the Ammonites, his army defeats the Ammonites, his daughter dances with tambourines to meet her father on his return from the battle, she retreats to the mountains, and on the last plate, Jephta sacrifies his daughter.
Ref. Hollstein XX: 1-6.