Artist: Master Engraver (18th Century British / European School)
Technique: Original Antique Copperplate Line Engraving
Dimensions: 23.6 x 17.9 cm (Plate Size, excluding margin text)
Status: Authentic late 18th-century biblical print. Fully lettered in the lower plate margin with a quote from Exodus 14:28 and identified as "Plate 34, No. XVII" in the upper right. Unframed, displaying authentic age toning, and preserved in beautiful vintage gallery condition.
About the Artwork:
This powerful late 18th-century engraving captures the climactic Old Testament drama of the Red Sea closing over the Egyptian forces. The composition is charged with Baroque dynamic energy, contrasting the violent chaos of drowning horsemen, rushing chariots, and striking lightning bolts against the distant, peaceful forms of Moses and the Israelites safely on the shore. Executed with remarkable structural detail and rich tonal cross-hatching, this rare master print served as a luxury insert for an elite family Bible folio, standing today as an elegant testament to classical European religious draftsmanship.