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The Holy Land
Arimathea, also Ramah, Palestine, Antique Biblical Landscape View, circa 1850
Anno Domini MDCCCLcirca 1850
€245
$275 · £205
Original print, not a reproduction
Ships worldwide from the Netherlands, flat or rolled, insured and tracked. 14-day returns.
- Date
- circa 1850
- Technique
- Steel Engraving
- Coloring
- Uncolored
- Condition
- Good. Handling soiling along the right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. Several larger brown marks.
- Faith
- Christianity, Judaism
- Collection
- The Holy Land
- Era
- 1850 and after, Chromolithographs and devotional prints
- Stock no.
- BG-11671-81
What the condition grades mean
- Excellent
- Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
- Very good
- Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
- Good
- Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
- Fair
- Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.
Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.
Arimathea in the Holy Land, an original antique steel engraving, uncolored, circa 1850. The caption below the image reads ARIMATHIA (sonst RAMAH) with in Palæstina on the line beneath, that is, Arimathea, otherwise Ramah, in Palestine.
A small walled town with a domed building lies at the foot of a range of steep mountains in the middle distance, under a dark, stormy sky in which heavy clouds pile up over the peaks and a shaft of light falls on the summit at the left. The foreground is open, grassy ground with dense bushes and gnarled trees on the left and a group of trees on the right. Two robed figures, one standing and one seated, pause on a rise near the center, looking toward the town.
No artist or engraver is named on the plate. The imprint at lower left reads Aus d. Kunstanst. d. Bibliogr. Instit. in Hildbh. (from the art works of the Bibliographisches Institut in Hildburghausen), and at lower right Eigenthum d. Verleger (property of the publishers).
The sheet comes from a dealer's album rather than from a bound set. Meyer's Universum was a serial collection of engraved views with descriptive text, published by Joseph Meyer's Bibliographisches Institut at Hildburghausen from 1833, its plates engraved on steel. Arimathea is named in the Gospels as the home of Joseph, who gave his own tomb for the burial of Jesus.
Handling soiling along the right and top edges. A few small foxing spots in the margin. Corners and edges are not shown by this scan. Clean, even paper tone in the margin. Several larger brown marks.
This is an original antique print, not a modern reproduction. This item is sold unframed. Any framed or interior images are shown for presentation and inspiration only, unless the listing explicitly states that the item is sold framed.
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