Doortocht door de Rode Zee, RP-P-OB-24.820, Mattheus Verheyden, 1743

Identification title(s): crossing the red sea. Object type: print object number: rp-p-ob-24. 820. Inscriptions / marks: collector's mark, verso, stamped: lugt 240. Description: the people of israel are safely on the other side after crossing the red sea. Moses raises his staff to make the water flow back. Pharaoh and his army are swallowed up in the waves. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: pieter yver (mentioned on object), after a drawing by: mattheus verheyden (mentioned on object). Place of manufacture: amsterdam. Dating: 1743. Physical features: etching and engraving. Material: paper technique: etching / engraving (printing process). Dimensions: plate edge: h 56 mm × w 141 mm. Subject: what: with his people safe on the shore, moses raises his hands and causes the water to return; pharaoh's army perishes in the water (red sea). Acquisition: transfer of management 1816. Date: 1743.