Beschrijving
Catchpenny print. Religious print showing a set of stairs, with on each of the thirteen steps a figure of the old-testament patriarchs, kings and prophets: Mozes, Adam, Methusalem, Noah, Abraham, Isaak, Iacob, Moses, Aron, Josua, David, Saolom, Esaya, Jeremia. In the arch under the stairs is a scene with the temptation of Adam and Eve by the serpent at the tree of knowledge of good and evil.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 Amsterdam, by de Erfgen van de Wed. C. Stichter, Boekverkopers op ‘t Rokkin, in de Oude Berg Calvarie’; numbered ‘No 112.’ in upper right corner.
