Antique Master Print-ST. NICOLAS-WALLPAINTING-POPE ANASTASIUS IV-Bollandus-1742

Name: Antique Master Print-ST. NICOLAS-WALLPAINTING-POPE ANASTASIUS IV-Bollandus-1742
SKU: PICTURA-03011
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‘ABSIS ORATORY S NICOLAI URBE AB ANASTASIO PAPA IV EXORNATA.”

– Depiction of a wallpainting in the absis of the St. Nicolas church. The image depicts Pope Anastasius IV and his predecessors. This copperplate engraving originates from: ‘Acta Sanctorum …’, published 1643-1940. Acta Sanctorum (Acts of the Saints) is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, which is organised according to each saint’s feast day. It begins with two January volumes, published in 1643, and ended with the Propylaeum to December published in 1940. The Bollandists, named for the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland (‘Bollandus’, 1596 – 1665), oversaw this mammoth undertaking, first in Antwerp and then in Brussels. After Bolland his assistant Godfried Henschen (Henschenius) took over. When the Jesuits were suppressed by the Habsburg governor of the Low Countries in 1788, the ‘Bollandists’ continued their work, in the Tongerlo Abbey. From 1643 to 1794, 53 folio volumes of Acta Sanctorum had been published, covering the saints from January 1 to October 14. After the creation of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Bollandists were permitted to reassemble, working from the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels.

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SKU: PICTURA-03011 Categories: By Famous Engravers, Religious Tag: Religious

Description

Depiction of a wallpainting in the absis of the St. Nicolas church. The image depicts Pope Anastasius IV and his predecessors. This copperplate engraving originates from: ‘Acta Sanctorum …’, published 1643-1940. Acta Sanctorum (Acts of the Saints) is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, which is organised according to each saint’s feast day. It begins with two January volumes, published in 1643, and ended with the Propylaeum to December published in 1940. The Bollandists, named for the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland (‘Bollandus’, 1596 – 1665), oversaw this mammoth undertaking, first in Antwerp and then in Brussels. After Bolland his assistant Godfried Henschen (Henschenius) took over. When the Jesuits were suppressed by the Habsburg governor of the Low Countries in 1788, the ‘Bollandists’ continued their work, in the Tongerlo Abbey. From 1643 to 1794, 53 folio volumes of Acta Sanctorum had been published, covering the saints from January 1 to October 14. After the creation of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Bollandists were permitted to reassemble, working from the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels.

Made by an anonymous engraver after Johannes Bollandus.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.7 x 31.8 cm (8.94 x 12.52 inch). Image size: 18 x 26 cm. (7.09 x 10.24 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ST. NICOLAS-WALLPAINTING-POPE ANASTASIUS IV | PCO-E17-17

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This copperplate engraving originates from: ‘Acta Sanctorum …’, published 1643-1940. Acta Sanctorum (Acts of the Saints) is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, which is organised according to each saint’s feast day. It begins with two January volumes, published in 1643, and ended with the Propylaeum to December published in 1940. The Bollandists, named for the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland (‘Bollandus’, 1596?1665), oversaw this mammoth undertaking, first in Antwerp and then in Brussels. After Bolland his assistant Godfried Henschen (Henschenius) took over. When the Jesuits were suppressed by the Habsburg governor of the Low Countries in 1788, the ‘Bollandists’ continued their work, in the Tongerlo Abbey. From 1643 to 1794, 53 folio volumes of Acta Sanctorum had been published, covering the saints from January 1 to October 14. After the creation of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Bollandists were permitted to reassemble, working from the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. This plate is from the ‘Acta Sanctorum Junii.’ volume, published in 1709. (Source wikipedia and other). This plate pblished in 1742.

Biography artist: Jean Bolland (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (1596-1665) was a Jesuit priest and prominent Southern Netherlandish hagiographer.