England
17th–18th century
Copper engraving on laid paper, gold-leaf frame
Frame: 12 × 17 1/2" (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
This copper engraving depicts the Sermon on the Mount with Christ seated among his disciples on a hillside, figures arranged in groupings across the foreground and middle ground. Two putti at the top hold a decorative cartouche bearing the title inscription The Sermon on y Mountaine. The verso carries a printed text page headed Jesus Christ Calls St. Matthew and Heals the Sick of the Palsey (Matthew IX), confirming the plate's origin in a devotional or scriptural publication.
The cartouche, putti, and landscape treatment reflect the continental influence, particularly Flemish and Dutch, that shaped English devotional illustration from the mid-seventeenth century onward. Engraved book illustrations of this quality represent a significant investment in copper plate and skilled labor, reserved for publications intended to carry weight and permanence. The plate is numbered 22 in the lower left, placing it within a larger sequence.
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England
17th–18th century
Copper engraving on laid paper, gold-leaf frame
Frame: 12 × 17 1/2" (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
This copper engraving depicts the Sermon on the Mount with Christ seated among his disciples on a hillside, figures arranged in groupings across the foreground and middle ground. Two putti at the top hold a decorative cartouche bearing the title inscription The Sermon on y Mountaine. The verso carries a printed text page headed Jesus Christ Calls St. Matthew and Heals the Sick of the Palsey (Matthew IX), confirming the plate's origin in a devotional or scriptural publication.
The cartouche, putti, and landscape treatment reflect the continental influence, particularly Flemish and Dutch, that shaped English devotional illustration from the mid-seventeenth century onward. Engraved book illustrations of this quality represent a significant investment in copper plate and skilled labor, reserved for publications intended to carry weight and permanence. The plate is numbered 22 in the lower left, placing it within a larger sequence.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
