Raphael Sadeler (1560-1632), from a drawing by Maarten de Vos
St Liphardus
"Mittebat socium certos LIPHARDVS in usus: Liphardus, frater cui Leonardus erat.
Ecce sequens iuuennem baculo sese implicat anguis, At sibi dimidium sernit abesse sui."
Original etching on coeval copper plate. 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 St Liphardus kneeling and holding a crucifix. In front of Aaron's serpent-headed staff with a younger hermit on the path.
Assembled in beautiful artisanal frame.