Titlepage. Nicolas Talon 'The Holy History'
The title is over a doorway, at the top of a flight of stairs leading into a classical temple resembling St. Peter's, Rome. Moses seated to left on steps leading inside a church, holding the stone tablets of law, his left arm raised; a female figure standing behind him, holding a mirror, pointing towards a Latin inscription above the door; lettered with 'The / Holy / History,' above, in space surrounded with a garland; two plaques with biblical scenes on either side of the door; title-page to Nicholas Talon's 'The Holy History' (London: 1653)
Artwork Details
- Title: Titlepage. Nicolas Talon 'The Holy History'
- Series/Portfolio: Title Pages by Author
- Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
- Author: Related author Nicolas Talon (British, Moulins 1605–1691 Paris)
- Date: 1653
- Medium: Etching; only state
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/4 × 5 5/8 in. (19.7 × 14.3 cm) cut outside the borderlines but within the
platemark - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1920
- Object Number: 20.81.3.365
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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