Bidspirit auction | (JERUSALEM). Temple de Jerusalem. Hand-colored

(JERUSALEM). Temple de Jerusalem. Hand-colored engraving by ROMEYN DE HOOGHE. Text below shows ten locations within the scene. 16 x 18.5 inches sheet size. (See Laor 1045). Amsterdam, J. Lindenbergh, 1702. This fine engraved view of Solomon's Temple and the surrounding city of Jerusalem is full of activity, with a mass of people, animals and carriages. Below the engraving is a key to the places that are numbered in the engraving. From: Basnage & Alewyn's T’groot waerelds tafereel. Image originally conceived by the Jesuit scholar Juan Bautista Villalpando (1552-1608). Romeyn de Hooghe (1645-1708) was a skilled and prolific late Dutch Baroque painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist.