Illustration: 71L2713x71L2723x3
General
| Title | Saphan reads the book of Law aloud to the king who tears his clothes in dismay, all the idols are brought out of the temple, burned, and their ashes pounded to dust ~ story of Josiah |
| Type | Illustration |
| Sizes | 111x85 |
| Material | Woodcut |
| Colour | Black |
| Artist | Christoffel (2) van Sichem |
| Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra | 1657 |
| Iconclass | 71L2713,71L2723 |
| Iconclass description | Saphan reads the book of Law aloud to the king who tears his clothes in dismay, all the idols are brought out of the temple, burned, and their ashes pounded to dust ~ story of Josiah |
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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (II Kings) vol.1 p.Tt6v |
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
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