Illustration: 73C721x11D124x73E5x11K2x73E44x1

General

Title Christ explaining his doctrine to the apostles and disciples, venerating the cross, Pentecost: the Holy Ghost descends upon (Mary and) the apostles, sometimes Paul and/or representatives of the nations present (Acts 2:1-4), devils in the form of (fabulous) animals, the footprints of Christ on the Mount of Olives ~ the Ascension
Type Illustration
Sizes 104x74
Material Woodcut
Colour Black
Artist Christoffel (2) van Sichem
Oldest appearance in Biblia Sacra 1657
Iconclass 73C721,11D124,73E5,11K2,73E44
Iconclass description Christ explaining his doctrine to the apostles and disciples, venerating the cross, Pentecost: the Holy Ghost descends upon (Mary and) the apostles, sometimes Paul and/or representatives of the nations present (Acts 2:1-4), devils in the form of (fabulous) animals, the footprints of Christ on the Mount of Olives ~ the Ascension
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Appearances

Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (John) 2 S1r
Show scan: Amsterdam BVU XI.05043 (John) vol.2 p.S1r
Show edition: 1657.B.dut.PJP.a

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Scan: Utrecht UB MAZ 2176 (John) vol.2 p.S1r
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

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