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Wed, Jul 19, 2023 02:00PM EDT
Lot 254

After Johann Melchior Fussli, engraved by Hieronymus Sperling: Genesis Cap. XXX v. 37 Artificium Pastorale

Estimate: $150 - $200

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After Johann Melchior Fussli (Swiss, 1677-1736), engraved by Hieronymus Sperling (German, 1695-1777): Genesis Cap. XXX v. 37 Artificium Pastorale, 18th century. Engraving, name lower right, framed. From Johann Jakob Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra. Depicts the following line from the 1611 King James Bible: "And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink."

8.25 x 12.5 inches sight, 14.5 x 18.75 inches framed.

Private Collection, New England

Condition

Good condition.

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