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Title: Centsprent: De twaalf Aartsvaderen, de Zonen Jacobs ziet / Men hier ten Trappenrei gesteld ... No. 113.
Description: Catchpenny print. Religious print showing a set of stairs with on thirteen steps Jacob and his sons, the patriarchs (aartsvaders): Benjamin, Joseph, Naphtali, Asser, Gad, Dan, Isachar, Zabulon, Juda, Levi, Simion, and Ruben. In the arch under the stairs Jacob’s dream, with angels ascending and descending the ladder (Gen. 28:10-19).Inspired by a copper engraving by Ottens (Boerma p. 492). The print is part of a series of stairs Stichter published with senses, planets, virtues, and biblical figures (Boerma p. 825, Stichter 99 – 101, 110-113).Amsterdam, Erve de Wed. C. Stichter (1715 – 1813); address mentioned on the print: ‘Te Amsterd by de Erfgen. Van de Wed. C. Stichter, Boekverkopers in de Warmoesstraat, schuin over de Oude kerksteeg, in de Oude Berg Calvarie, in N. 159’ numbered ‘No 113.’ in upper right corner. Large woodcut illustration (230 x 255 mm) on paper, hand coloured with red; under the image a verse in two columns; total: 395 x 320 mm; probably used as a cartoon, judging from the pinpricks along the outlines; small restorations on verso. De Meyer p. 307, Boerma p. 825 (Stichter 113).

Keywords: Catchpenny prints|Hand colored|Religion|Woodcut