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Lot Essay
Le dessin illustre le moment où les Barbares de l’île de Malte où il s’est échoué deviennent convaincus que Paul, sorti indemne d’une morsure de vipère, est Dieu (Actes 28:1-6). Cette feuille a servi de modèle pour la partie inférieure de la planche 64 du second volume de les édition française et néerlandaise, richement illustrée, de l’Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, ou Historie des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments (premières éditions, Amsterdam 1720), également connue comme La Bible de Mortier.
The drawing illustrates the moment when Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is bit by a viper, but left unharmed, convincing the ‘barbarous people’ of the island that he was God (Acts of the Apostles 28:1-6). It served as the model for the lower half of plate 64 of the second volume of the lavishly illustrated French and Dutch editions of David Martin’s Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, or Historie des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments (first edition Amsterdam 1720), also known after the publisher as ‘Mortier’s Bible’.
The drawing illustrates the moment when Paul, shipwrecked on Malta, is bit by a viper, but left unharmed, convincing the ‘barbarous people’ of the island that he was God (Acts of the Apostles 28:1-6). It served as the model for the lower half of plate 64 of the second volume of the lavishly illustrated French and Dutch editions of David Martin’s Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament, or Historie des Ouden en Nieuwen Testaments (first edition Amsterdam 1720), also known after the publisher as ‘Mortier’s Bible’.