Author: Rousselet, Gilles [Aegidius] (1610-1686) after Bourdon, Sébastien (1616-1671)
Title: Egredimini et videte filiae Sion regem Salomonem in diademate quo coronavit illum mater sua.
Description: A crowned Bathseba/Batseba indicates her son Salamo a throne where a crown and scepter are. Behind them bystanders and angels in clouds are walking towards them. Above two putti holding up a bible open engraved with a title. In the bottom margin of the Latin text: 'Egredimini et videte filiae Sion regem Salomonem in diademate quo coronavit illum mater sua.' Title page for Guy Michel Le Jay's 'Biblia Hebraica, Samaritana, Chaldaica, Graeca, Syriaca, Latina, Arabica [...]. Signed on the floor on the bottom right: 'Seb. Bourdon Pinxit Aegid Rousselet Sculp.'. Engraving on paper with some margin; plate mark: 430 x 289 mm, total: 490 x 327 mm; some foldings and stains; some damages along the margins. Date of print: 1645, published in Paris.

Keywords: Frontispiece|Religion|Theology