| The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome. - SIGNATURE : printed in the image - SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4" or 48.26x34.93cm - REFERENCES : Michler and Lopsinger 1600, Field 69-3 - CONDITION : Excellent. New. Original. This is an illustrated book of the Bible in Vulgate. The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome. The lithographs are on a heavy paper and are signed in the plate. The Biblia Sacra lithographs were produced as illustrations for a new edition of the Bible. The Biblia Sacra suite consists of 105 color mixed-technique lithographs after 105 watercolor paintings created by Dali between 1963 and 1964. The Biblia Sacra works are a combination of offset lithography, continuous tone lithography, serigraphy (silkscreening) with application of varnishes and metallic inks. The works were “printed” on a heavy stock designed specifically to hold up to the various techniques used. Quality craftsmanship and artistry are evident in every Biblia Sacra work. The unique combination of multiple printing techniques gives these illustrations a richness and depth that resulted in works that are exceptionally true to the original paintings. Creator: Salvador Dalí (1904 - 1989, Spanish) |
BIBLIA SACRA 26
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Exodus 10:1-20
“The Lord said to Moses, 'Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his officials so that I may perform these signs of mine among them and that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with the Egyptians and how I performed my signs among them, and that you may know that I am the Lord.' Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, 'This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will bring locusts into your country tomorrow. They will cover the face of the ground so that it cannot be seen. They will devour what little you have left after the hail, including every tree that is growing in your fields. They will fill your houses and those of all your officials and all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land till now.' Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.
Pharaoh’s officials said to him, 'How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is ruined?'
Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. 'Go, worship the Lord your God,' he said. 'But tell me who will be going.' Moses answered, 'We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the Lord.' Pharaoh said, 'The Lord be with you if I let you go, along with your women and children. Clearly you are bent on evil. No! Have only the men go and worship the Lord, since that’s what you have been asking for.' Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh’s presence.
And the Lord said to Moses, 'Stretch out your hand over Egypt so that locusts will swarm over the land and devour everything growing in the fields—everything left by the hail.'
So Moses stretched out his staff over Egypt, and the Lord made an east wind blow across the land all that day and all that night. By morning the wind had brought the locusts; they invaded all of Egypt and settled down in every area of the country in great numbers. Never before had there been such a plague of locusts, nor will there ever be again. They covered all the ground until it was black. They devoured all that was left of the hail—everything growing in the fields and the fruit on the trees. Nothing green remained on tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, 'I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you. Now forgive my sin once more and pray to the Lord your God to take this deadly plague away from me.'”
This passage describes one of the ten plagues of Egypt, where God sends a swarm of locusts to cover the land of Egypt as a punishment for Pharaoh's refusal to let the Israelites go free. The locusts consume all the remaining crops and trees, causing devastation to the land.
Dalí’s Interpretation in Sacra Biblia
Dalí would be a breathtaking and terrifying depiction, combining biblical judgment with his trademark surrealism. He would use distorted forms, intense colors, and abstract spaces to create an unsettling visual that captures the divine and demonic power of these creatures.