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18th c. H/C Engraving LA GRANDE HOSANNA Louis-Joseph Mondhare - 18th c. Hand-colored Optical View Engraving LA GRANDE HOSANNA by Louis-Joseph Mondhare (French, 1734-1799) | Published: Paris, France, ca. 1770 | Scene representing a ceremony of the feast of Sukkot. In the center of a cobbled square framed by an architecture, an altar welcomes a fire, everywhere colorful figures carry palms. We can also see in the foreground on the left, a hut in leaves and a man shearing sheep, on the right a fountain with cattle | Approx. Dimensions: 12.6” H x 17.75” W (31 × 45 cm) | Full Inscription under image in plate: ”La grande Hosanna ou cérémonie du 8ème jour de la Feste des Tabernacles, Les Levites portant Chantans des pseaumes et des Cantiques. A Paris chez Mondhare rue St Jacques à l'Hôtel de Saumur. ” [The great Hosanna or ceremony of the 8th day of the Feast of Tabernacles, The Levites carrying Chants of Psalms and Canticles. In Paris at Mondhare rue St Jacques at the Hôtel de Saumur.] Provenance: From Joen van Aken Gravures Anciennes en Uitgeverij, Den Bosch, Netherlands.