Illustration: 71D2421x1

General

Title Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim with arms crossed; Joseph may be shown trying to uncross them or expressing (with Asenath) his disapproval
Type Illustration
Sizes 105x74
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71D2421
Iconclass description Jacob blesses Manasseh and Ephraim with arms crossed; Joseph may be shown trying to uncross them or expressing (with Asenath) his disapproval
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Genesis) 1 G3v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Genesis) vol.1 p.G3v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Genesis) vol.1 p.G3v
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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