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General

Title those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men, twice Gideon asks the Lord to show him a sign with a sheep's fleece before his raid against the Midianites
Type Illustration
Sizes 110x81
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 71F2152,71F2143
Iconclass description those who lap water by putting their hand to their mouth are separated from those who kneel down to drink the water ~ selection of Gideon's men, twice Gideon asks the Lord to show him a sign with a sheep's fleece before his raid against the Midianites
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Judges) 1 Cc3v
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (Judges) vol.1 p.Cc3v
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

Images not available

Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (Judges) vol.1 p.Cc3v
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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