Illustration: 71B35211x71B352111x1

General

Title Shem and Japheth cover their father Noah; Ham usually stands nearby deriding him, Shem and Japheth walking backwards towards Noah
Type Illustration
Sizes 110x85
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71B35211,71B352111
Iconclass description Shem and Japheth cover their father Noah; Ham usually stands nearby deriding him, Shem and Japheth walking backwards towards Noah
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Genesis) 1 B1v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Genesis) vol.1 p.B1v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Genesis) vol.1 p.B1v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.b

References

Literature references

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1977 Chapter 2 An Introduction to the Woodcuts of the Seventeenth Century, with a discussion of the German woodcut Broadsides of the Seventeenth Century (by Ingeborg Lehmann-Haupt), New York

Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 1983 Christoffel van Sichem A Family of Dutch 17th Century Woodcut Artists, in: Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Vol. XXVII, Christoffel (1) van Sichem to Herman Specht, pp. 274-306

Bibliographic references

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