Antique engraving of Solomon's Temple Jerusalem - Olfert Dapper - 1677
Description: Antique print religion titled 'Flat foundation of Solomon's Temple at the time of the Saviour according to Thomas Fuller'. Bird's-eye plan of Solomon's Temple, oriented to the west (Jerusalem, Israel). This print originates from 'Accurate Description of the whole of Syria, and Palestine or Holy Land’.
According to the Tanakh, the Temple housed the Ark of the Covenant. It says the Ark contained the Ten Commandments and was moved from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem by David before being moved into Solomon's temple.
Artists and Engravers: Olfert Dapper (c. 1635 - 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never travelled outside Holland.
Olfert Dapper was born in January 1636 in the Jordaan in Amsterdam. On 6 January 1636, he was baptized in the Lutheran church in Amsterdam.
In 1663 wrote a book on the history of Amsterdam. His Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for African studies. His book "is one of the most authoritative 17th-century accounts on Africa published in Dutch. Translations appeared in English, French, and German. Dapper never travelled outside the Netherlands but used reports by Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. Within a few years, he published about China, India, Persia, Georgia and Arabia. His books became well known in his own time. The fine plates include views of Algiers, Benin, Cairo, Cape Town, Valletta, Marrakesh, St. Helena, Tangier, Tripoli and Tunis, as well as animals and plants.
Dapper was buried on 29 December 1689 in Amsterdam
Description: Antique print religion titled 'Flat foundation of Solomon's Temple at the time of the Saviour according to Thomas Fuller'. Bird's-eye plan of Solomon's Temple, oriented to the west (Jerusalem, Israel). This print originates from 'Accurate Description of the whole of Syria, and Palestine or Holy Land’.
According to the Tanakh, the Temple housed the Ark of the Covenant. It says the Ark contained the Ten Commandments and was moved from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem by David before being moved into Solomon's temple.
Artists and Engravers: Olfert Dapper (c. 1635 - 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never travelled outside Holland.
Olfert Dapper was born in January 1636 in the Jordaan in Amsterdam. On 6 January 1636, he was baptized in the Lutheran church in Amsterdam.
In 1663 wrote a book on the history of Amsterdam. His Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for African studies. His book "is one of the most authoritative 17th-century accounts on Africa published in Dutch. Translations appeared in English, French, and German. Dapper never travelled outside the Netherlands but used reports by Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. Within a few years, he published about China, India, Persia, Georgia and Arabia. His books became well known in his own time. The fine plates include views of Algiers, Benin, Cairo, Cape Town, Valletta, Marrakesh, St. Helena, Tangier, Tripoli and Tunis, as well as animals and plants.
Dapper was buried on 29 December 1689 in Amsterdam
Description: Antique print religion titled 'Flat foundation of Solomon's Temple at the time of the Saviour according to Thomas Fuller'. Bird's-eye plan of Solomon's Temple, oriented to the west (Jerusalem, Israel). This print originates from 'Accurate Description of the whole of Syria, and Palestine or Holy Land’.
According to the Tanakh, the Temple housed the Ark of the Covenant. It says the Ark contained the Ten Commandments and was moved from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem by David before being moved into Solomon's temple.
Artists and Engravers: Olfert Dapper (c. 1635 - 1689) was a Dutch physician and writer. He wrote books about history and geography, although he never travelled outside Holland.
Olfert Dapper was born in January 1636 in the Jordaan in Amsterdam. On 6 January 1636, he was baptized in the Lutheran church in Amsterdam.
In 1663 wrote a book on the history of Amsterdam. His Description of Africa (1668) is a key text for African studies. His book "is one of the most authoritative 17th-century accounts on Africa published in Dutch. Translations appeared in English, French, and German. Dapper never travelled outside the Netherlands but used reports by Jesuit missionaries and Dutch explorers. Within a few years, he published about China, India, Persia, Georgia and Arabia. His books became well known in his own time. The fine plates include views of Algiers, Benin, Cairo, Cape Town, Valletta, Marrakesh, St. Helena, Tangier, Tripoli and Tunis, as well as animals and plants.
Dapper was buried on 29 December 1689 in Amsterdam
Code : A234
Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Olfert Dapper
Date : Publication Place / Date - Amsterdam - 1677
Size : Sheet size: Image Size: Overall size:37 x 31 cm.Image size:35 x 28 cm.
Availability : Available
Type - Genuine Antique
Grading - A
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