St Apollonius Hermit
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Catalog: MZ S.A
Code: A421
Author:
Sadeler Raphael (1560-1632)
Subject:
Religious
Technique:
Engraving
Size:
mm 200x170 (etching) mm 365x305 (ext. frame)
Code: A421
Raphael Sadeler (1560-1632), from a drawing by Marten de Vos
St Apollonius Hermit
"Siliuangur postquam primis errasset ab annis Austerae vitae cultor APOLLONIVS,
Linquere defertur diuina voce iubertur, Legisà in popolu spargere dogma sacre."
Original etching on coeval copper plateI. From:
SOLITUDO SIVE VITAE PATRUM EREMICOLARUM Per antiquissimum Patrem D. Hieronimum eorundem primarium olim conscripta: iam vero primum aeneis laminis idà ioannis et Raphael Sadeler frairù imprensis scampt: et excusa.
This etching, datable on 1580, represents the Egyptian monk St Apollonius from Nitria.
Assembled in beautiful artisanal frame.
