Biblia Ectypa (Pictorial Bible)
Medium
bound volume with 2 full page mezzotint engravings and 834 etched and engraved illustrations
Dimensions
book: 42.5 × 30.5 × 7.8 cm (16 3/4 × 12 × 3 1/16 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Ingrid Rose in memory of her husband, Milton Rose
Accession Number
2014.42.1
Art Historical Context
Step into the vivid world of 17th-century biblical storytelling with *Biblia Ectypa*, a magnificent pictorial Bible published in 1695 by Johann Christoph Weigel, with prints by Elias Christoph Heiss a frontispiece after Johann Jakob von Sandrart. This bound volume transforms the Scriptures into a visual feast, featuring etched and engraved illustrations alongside two full-page mezzotint engravings. Measuring a substantial 42.5 × 30.5 × 7.8 cm, it was a technical marvel of its time, designed to make sacred narratives accessible to readers through intricate imagery. The artwork's significance ...