Four Fathers of the Church
[Bloemaert, Cornelis, 1603-1692]
Bloemaert, Abraham, 1564-1651
Danckerts, Cornelis, approximately 1603-1656
Graphic
C. Danckertz excudit.
Utrecht]
[1629]
1 print : Engraving ; plate mark 505 x 355 mm. on sheet 686 x 483 mm.
Paper
Latin
[Netherlands]
In the image, top centre, in the gospel: "Figura legis naturæ (...) Luca 22.1.Cor.11."; in the margin, bottom left: "S. AMBROSIUS. de ijs qui (...) ex virgine est."; bottom centre: "S. GREGORIVS apud Paulum (...) sanguinem suum covertit"; bottom right: "S Stain at bottom right corner, so that the last part of inscription can't be read. Gaps at bottom left that should be restored with the trattteggio's technique.
Fair
L.240d
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397Gregory I, Pope, approximately 540-604Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
Saints
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Fondo Antico
Stampe.V.93(100)
Link to album description
Stampe.V.93
Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts ca 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1950, vol.II, p.74, n.66
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