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Frontispiece Design for the New Testament
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Frontispiece Design for the New Testament

Philip Tidemann · c. 1700 · pen; brush; paper; ink; graphite (mineral); chalk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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This frontispiece design was for the splendidly illustrated Bible published by Pieter Mortier in Amsterdam in 1700. It is an example of just how inventive and almost surrealistic the illustrations of title pages could be. An angel shows the shackled Church a tableau with scenes of the martyrdom of Christ and his twelve apostles. The instruments of their martyrdom lie in the foreground.

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Credit lineFrontispiece Design for the New Testament. c. 1700. Philip Tidemann. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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