Old Master - Philip Baptizing the Eunuch

Landscape with Saint Philip baptizing the Eunuch of the Queen of Ethiopia; episode from the New Testament. Saint Philip was instructed by an angel to travel southward into the desert along the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. On his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, the treasurer to the Ethiopian queen Candace. Philip converted the eunuch with his preaching and baptized him in a river.
Inscription
Lettered below the image with the title, continuing 'From the Original Picture Painted by Jan & Andries Both; In the Collection of Paul Methuen Esqr,,' around a crest, dimensions of the original painting and Jan & Andries Both Pinxt,, J. Gresse delint. / John Boydell excudit 1772 / John Browne sculpsit. / Vol II No,, 46. / Published Feby. 1st. 1772 by John Boydell Engraver, in Cheapside London.'.

Artist: Jan Andries Both
Print Type: Etching Engraving
Dated: 1772
Publisher: John Boydell
Demensions: 19 x 24"
Provenance: Hill House Print Collection
Condition Report: Small chip top right tip. Very nice impression of a masterpiece etching. On laid paper

Subject References: Old Masters Prints Etchings Engravings.

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