Early eighteenth-century etching by Dutch engraver Jan (Johannes) Luyken (1649-1712). The etching depicts the Biblical scene in which Zaccheus climbs a sycamore tree to get a better view of Jesus (Luke 19:4). The etching is plate 47 from a book published after 1721, when Cornelius Mortier (1699-1783) succeeded his father as publisher with new partner Johannes Covens (1697-1744). The original work is possibly Afbeeldingen der merkwaardigste geschiedenissen van het oude en nieuve testament (Amsterdam, 1729) (Images of th most remarkable histories of the Old and New Testament ).

Image: 18”x13” 

Sheet: 21”x17”

Some foxing, dents, and tears in edges. Back of sheet includes faint print of ink from adjacent pages of the book from which the etching was taken.