[John the Baptist] 5 various prints 15th-18th century: (1) Michel van Lochom (1601-1647)

(John the Baptist in the wild, embracing a lamb). Engraving, 14.7 x 10 cm, mounted with upper corner on holder.

Beautiful, rare engraving, of which we found one other copy in the Wellcome Library. The portrait in oval is surrounded by fine and special ornaments and animals, incl. grasshoppers, lambs and bees. Our copy with letterpress biography of the saint; (2) Jan Cnobbaert (1590-1637) (ed.). (The Baptism of Christ in Jordan). Engraving, 11 x 8 cm - and with 3 more on this subject, incl. a woodcut from Hartmann Schedel, Weltkronik, 1493, and an engraving by Cornelis van Merlen (1654-1723). (total 5)