[Nieuwjaarswensch / New Year Wishes, 1790] Blank decorative card with scenes from the Old and New Testament, published ca. 1750-1790, 1 p.

Name: [Nieuwjaarswensch / New Year Wishes, 1790] Blank decorative card with scenes from the Old and New Testament, published ca. 1750-1790, 1 p.
SKU: PR120856
Price: 120.00 EUR
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Hand colored Rococo decorative print to be employed as a wish card.

The border decorated with twelve scenes from the Bible. On the left: Adam and Eve (Gen:2), Consecration of the Firstborn (Ex:13), The Covenant of Circumcision (Gen:17); The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread (Ex:12); At Mount Sinai (Ex:19); Arad Destroyed (Num: 21); Annunciation (Luk:1); The Nativity (Luk:2); The Baptism of Christ (Math:5); The Last Supper (Math:26); The Crucifixion of Jesus (Math:27); The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost (Act:2). (Adam en Eva, eerstgeborene, kerstmis, laatste avondmaal, kruisiging Jezus, Uitstorting Heilige Geest met Pinksteren, etc.)

Not numbered, without address of a publisher.

On verso collector’s mark from the Public Library of Rotterdam; hand written: ‘5777 11 October 1933’, possibly the acquisition date.

In the Netherlands on Newyearsday children would visit family and recite the self-written letters to parents and grandparents in exchange for a gift. The tradition died out in the early 20th century.

Nieuwjaarsprenten – wensen – Nieuwejaarswens – Paaswens – Pinksterwens – Kermiswens – kransen – decoratieve prenten met geschreven wensen – nieuwjaarsgedichtjes – wensbrieven – sierrand – schoonschrift – kalligrafie – calligrafie – calligraphy – nieuwjaarsbrieven – zegenwens – heilwens – kermisrijm – (wens)brief – schoolboy pieces – decorated writing sheets – Christmas sheets

SKU: PR120856

Hand colored etching on paper, trimmed on plate mark; total: 405 x 327 mm; horizontal folding crease; sme reparations on verso, otherwise in good condition. With watermark. Not in Buijnsters-Smets 2007.

€ 145,20 (€ 120,00 ex. btw)

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