Titelvignet voor: Pierre Du Moulin, Den seeckeren wegh ter saligheyd, 1620 1620
philipsserwouters
comic strip sketch
old engraving style
hand drawn type
personal sketchbook
pen-ink sketch
ink colored
pen work
sketchbook drawing
storyboard and sketchbook work
sketchbook art
This 1620 title vignette by Philips Serwouters, a Dutch engraver active in the 17th century, is a visual representation of a religious text. The vignette depicts figures walking on a path toward a gate. This scene symbolizes the path to salvation and the text below the image quotes a passage from the Bible, "Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." This artwork was created for the title page of the book "Den seeckeren wegh ter saligheyd" ("The Sure Way to Salvation"), written by Pierre Du Moulin, a French Reformed theologian. This example of a title vignette was a common practice in book printing during the 17th century.
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