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Jacob Folkema

268 works

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Engraved portrait of a man in a powdered wig holding an open book, with a Latin inscription beneath, 1748.

Portrait of Johannes Daniel Schlichting

1748

Engraved equestrian portrait of a man in armor and plumed hat riding a prancing horse beside a tree.

Equestrian portrait of William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau

1747

Pen and wash drawing of a crowded town square with armed men, gabled houses and a civic building with a tower.

Riot in Hoorn, over the introduction of new excise duties on beer, in 1470

1747

Brown wash drawing of a bust on an ornate pedestal with cherubs, laurel wreath, and Dutch dedication inscription, 1747.

Allegory on the elevation of William IV to stadtholder, 1747

1747

Engraving of nude sea nymphs surrounding an ornate ship as a helmeted warrior stands on deck, with sailing ships behind.

Aeneas' fleet surrounded by sea nymphs

1743

Engraving with two scenes: Gideon watching men drink from a river, and Gideon receiving jewelry beside a tent.

Gideon orders his men to drink water and valuables of the Midianites are given to Gideon

1791

Engraving with two scenes: a woman standing over a fallen man in a tent, and an angel appearing to a kneeling man by a fire.

Jael kills Sisera and the Angel of the Lord appears to Gideon

1791

Engraving of two Exodus scenes: a battle with fallen warriors above, and a crowd dancing around a golden calf below.

Battle of Israel against the Amalekites and the worship of the golden calf

1791

Engraving of a group of richly dressed figures meeting in a timber-beamed interior with leaded windows and a table.

Nobles in a deliberation

1702

Engraving of a plumed nobleman entering a bedchamber with two ruffed women, a canopy bed and a servant near discarded clothes

Lovers caught in a bedroom

1702

Engraving of a woman holding a dagger to her chest as men and a woman react in a panelled room with a curtain.

Woman stabs herself in the chest

1702

Engraving of a seated plumed man gesturing to two women in an interior with a curtain, column and doorway.

The Spanish little heathen girl Preciosa

1702

Engraved market street scene with a clergyman in a black cloak, a fruit seller with a basket, and a church tower behind.

Cleric robbed by a thief

1702

Engraving of a kneeling man kissing the hand of a woman in oriental dress before armored men and a walled city.

Oriental woman welcomed with a hand kiss

1702

Engraving of armoured knights fighting on horseback beside a tree, with spears and a helmet on the ground and mountains in th

Knights in combat

1702

Engraving of a bedchamber where a man in a doorway gestures toward a couple embracing on a bed, with a candle and a cat.

Man catches his wife with lover

1702

Engraved oval portrait of an elderly bearded man in an ornate frame with two open Bible books and a printed inscription.

Portrait of Jan Gerrits van Emden

1743

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man with curly hair, set in an ornate frame with two open books and a verse cartouc

Portrait of Lubbert Gerrits

1743

Engraved title page with allegorical figures, a globe, river gods, and a harbor city view framing a printed cartouche.

Title print for portfolio 20 of the Atlas Ottens (Amsterdam, part 1: maps and profiles)

1717

Engraved allegorical title page with an old man holding a mirror, a winged woman and a globe, within an ornate decorative fra

Title print for the Scene of Folly, 1720

1720

Engraved allegorical title page with helmeted women, a trumpeting cherub, a lion, and a view of a crowded square under an arc

Allegorische titelplaat met het aanbieden van de sleutels, 1751

1753

Engraving of armed men fighting with swords in a forest clearing, with dogs, horses and onlookers around them.

De Fries Galama verdedigt zich tegen graaf Floris II

1747

Pen and wash drawing of a festive street crowd in an Eastern city, with garlands, a swing, domes, and spectators on balconies

Islamitisch feest in een Oosterse stad

1735

Engraving of the walled town of Sneek with windmills, grazing cattle, sheep, a horse and figures with a cart in the foregroun

Gezicht op Sneek

1702

Engraved oval portrait of a bearded older man in a dark cap, set in an ornate architectural frame with a verse inscription be

Portret van Pieter Pietersz

1743

Engraving with two scenes: a seated king with attendants reading a scroll, and a rider on horseback led through a crowd in a

Koning Ahasveros laat zich voorlezen en Mórdechai te paard rondgeleid door Haman

1791

Engraving with two scenes: men rebuilding Jerusalem's walls beside an elder, and women approaching a seated king in a columne

Herbouw van de muren van Jeruzalem en Esther bezoekt koning Ahasveros

1791

Engraving with two biblical scenes: a stoning in a courtyard above, and soldiers leading captives before a burning city below

Zacharia wordt gestenigd en Nebukadnézar verwoest Jeruzalem

1791

Engraving of two biblical scenes: a king listening to a reading from a book, and men destroying idols and a temple.

Safan leest koning Josia het wetboek voor en koning Josia verwoest de tempels

1791

Engraving with two scenes: a man bathing in a river watched by soldiers, and a woman thrown from a window into a street crowd

Naäman wordt genezen van lepra en Izebel wordt uit het venster gegooid

1791

Engraving with two scenes: men toppling idols under columns, and a bearded man speaking to a king lying ill in bed.

Koning Hizkía verwoest heiligdommen en Jesaja bezoekt de zieke koning Hizkía

1791

Etching with two scenes from Genesis 21: Hagar and Ishmael sent away by Abraham, and an angel appearing to Hagar in the wilde

Hagar en Ismaël door Abraham verstoten en een engel wijst Hagar de waterbron

1791

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