Identification title(s): bible figures reveal the portrait of moses. Title page for wilhelmus goeree, preparations for biblical wisdom, and use of sacred and ecclesiastical histories, 1690. Object type: print title page object number: rp-p-1878-a-2055. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, bottom center verso, stamped: lugt 2228. Description: in the middle a pedestal with the portrait of moses in an oval frame. The title of the book is on the pedestal. Around the pedestal are some figures from the bible such as christ, aaron, the prophet jeremiah and the prophetess esther. On the left is the personification of truth, a sun on her chest and with a bunch of keys and a scythe as attributes. An angel in the background. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: gilliam van der gouwen (mentioned on object), after a design by: wilhelmus goeree (i) (mentioned on object), after a painting by: philip tidemann (mentioned on object), publisher: wilhelmus goeree (i) (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Date: 1690. Physical features: engraving. Material: paper technique: engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 288 mm × w 185 mmexplanationtitle page for wilhelmus goeree, preparations for biblical wisdom, and use of sacred and ecclesiastical histories. Amsterdam by wilhelmus goeree, 1690. Subject: what: female persons from the old testament (with name) (not in biblical context). Moses (not in biblical context); possible attributes: rays of light or horns on his head, rod, tables of the law. Aaron (not in biblical context); possible attributes: attributes of aaron: censer, dressed as high priest or bishop, ointment jar, rod or flowering wand. Jeremiah (not in biblical context); possible attributes: book or scroll, 'the seeing pot' angels. Acquisition: purchase january 7, 1878. Date: 1690.
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