Engelen zingen als nooit tevoren, Wim Hofman, 1998

Title(s)

Engelen zingen als nooit tevoren (original title on object)

Object type

Object number

RP-P-2005-360

Edition

18/600

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Kinderprent met twaalf voorstellingen uit het Nieuwe Testament met tweeregelige gedichten.

Artist

• print maker: Wim Hofman (signed by artist)
• Wim Hofman (signed by artist)
• publisher: Museum Het Rembrandthuis (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1998

Material

• paper

Technique

letterpress printing

Measurements

height 563 mm × width 380 mm

What

• birth and youth of Christ
• the three Wise Men see a star and are astonished by its magnitude
• Salome with the head of John the Baptist on a dish
• parables and proverbial sayings of Christ ~ richness and poverty
• the episode of the Last Supper
• darkness from the sixth to the ninth hour (represented by a solar eclipse) ~ Christ's death
• Resurrection of Christ
• the holy women (the three Maries) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body
• Christ almost vanished: only feet visible ~ Ascension
• Pentecost: the Holy Ghost descends upon (Mary and) the apostles, sometimes Paul and/or representatives of the nations present (Acts 2:1-4)
• the Revelation of John, the Apocalypse

Credit line

• Gift of E. Leeflang, Amsterdam

Acquisition

gift 2005

Copyright

Wim Hofman