Artist: G. Freman. Designer of many plates in a Bible published by Richard Blome.
Engraver: Jan Kip, topographical engraver, born in Amsterdam, definitely in London between 1697 and 1722.
Title: The Resurrection of our Saviour.
Signed, Numbered, and Titled: G Freman Inv. J. Kip sculp. 60 [erased] The Resurrection of our Saviour. Mathew 28.
Dimensions: Image 12 5/8" x 7 7/8". Sheet 17 1/4" x 10".
Publisher: Richard Blome.
Edition: The history of the Old and New Testament extracted out of sacred Scripture, written by Nicolas Fontaine (under the pseudonym Le Sieur de Royaumont). Multiple editions issued in the late 17th–early 18th century.
Date: 1688-1705.
Materials and Techniques: engravings printed on a laid paper sheet.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Margins worn and torn; sheet faded and oxidized with mat burn; margins hand-ruled in red ink. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum has 49 plates from Blome’s New Testament series.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: British School XVII C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the comparable impressions from the British Museum collection.
As with other engravings from this edition, the sheet bears a dedication, here to The Right Noble Elizabeth, Duchess of Somerset.