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The Complete Works of Philippe Smit
by Andreas Narzt and Florence Castellani

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Photo: Michiel Elsevier Stokmans, NL; © FdDPS
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Classification: Drawing
Theme: figurative
Medium: Charcoal
Support: On paper
Year: 1925
PS 271
Hemelsche Verborgenheden
c.1925–26
Charcoal on paper
28 5/8 x 18 1/2 in. (72 x 47 cm) (sight size)
Neither signed, nor dated
The Lord's New Church, Den Haag, NL
Exhibitions
No known exhibitions.
Literature & Primary Sources
No known published references.
Notes

Design for the cover of the 1927 first Dutch edition of Emanuel Swedenborg's work Hemelsche Verborgenheden, Arcana Cœlestia (Heavenly Mysteries or Secrets of Heaven) (fig. 1a and 1b). This drawing of a young girl was also used for the cover (fig. 2a) of the 1931 Dutch edition of De Canons en de Negen Vragen (Canons and Nine Questions) by the same author (fig. 2a and 2b).

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FIG. 1a Cover: Swedenborg, Emanuel, Hemelsche Verborgenheden, (Arcana Cœlestia), 's-Gravenhage: Swedenborg Genootschap, 1926.
FIG. 1a
Cover: Swedenborg, Emanuel, Hemelsche Verborgenheden, (Arcana Cœlestia), 's-Gravenhage: Swedenborg Genootschap, 1926.
FIG. 1b Title page.
FIG. 1b
Title page.
FIG. 2a Cover: Swedenborg, Emanuel, De Canons en de Negen Vragen, 's-Gravenhage: Swedenborg Genootschap, 1931.
FIG. 2a
Cover: Swedenborg, Emanuel, De Canons en de Negen Vragen, 's-Gravenhage: Swedenborg Genootschap, 1931.
FIG. 2b Title page.
FIG. 2b
Title page.
Record last updated April 11, 2017. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Narzt, Andreas and Castellani, Florence. "Hemelsche Verborgenheden, c.1925–26 (PS 271)." In The Complete Works of Philippe Smit. www.philippesmit.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=271 (accessed on June 30, 2025).