Name/Title
1693 – C EXCUSES FOR THE GREAT BANQUETDescription
1693 – C EXCUSES FOR THE GREAT BANQUET
Bernardo Passeri
Jean Baptiste Loison - publisher
This is an original antique copper-plate from a French edition, Jesuit, counter-Reformation illustrated work. The subject of this engraving is: The Parable: Excuses for the Great Banquet, from Luke 14 verses 1 – 40. The purpose of this engraving and similar others was to do for religion what the scientists of the day were doing for science: use perspective and annotations / illustrations to draw the reader into Biblical stories as aids for daily meditations. The image size is 9 inches by 5 ½ inches.
Manifest Record: 380236821461