2-Antique Prints-ANGEL-PHILIP-APOSTLE-BAPTISM-EUNUCH-Galle-van Heemskerck -1582

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‘”ANGELUS ALLOQUITUR PLENUM VIRTUTE PHILIPPUM, / AUSTRALEM CELERARE VIAM, QUA SPADA IUGATIS (-) AETHIOPUM FEREBATUR EQUIS, CUI DOGMATA SANCTA / EXPONIT, VERAMQUE FIDEM DICTUM QUE PROPHETE.” “CONSPECTIS CONSTANTES AQUIS ARDESCERE (?)’

– These are two prints. Plate 1 shows an angel who appears before Philip as he sits at the table and sends the apostle to the deserted road between Jerusalem and Gaza. Once there, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove points him to a eunuch. Philip converts this eunuch. Numbered 13. Plate 2 shows the baptism of the eunuch by Saint Philip. Numbered 14. These prints are part of a 34-part series on the Acts of the Apostles.

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These are two prints. Plate 1 shows an angel who appears before Philip as he sits at the table and sends the apostle to the deserted road between Jerusalem and Gaza. Once there, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove points him to a eunuch. Philip converts this eunuch. Numbered 13. Plate 2 shows the baptism of the eunuch by Saint Philip. Numbered 14. These prints are part of a 34-part series on the Acts of the Apostles.

Made by Philip Galle after Maarten van Heemskerck .

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 31.6 x 25.5 cm (12.44 x 10.04 inch). Image size: 26.5 x 21 cm. (10.43 x 8.27 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Three tears in margin restored. Smudges. Folds as published. Extra vertical fold. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ANGEL-PHILIP-APPEARENCE-APOSTLE-BAPTISM-EUNUCH-SAINT-BIBLE | RBOS-A10-03

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was published Amsterdam 1582.

Biography engraver: Philip Galle (1537, Haarlem, 1612, Antwerpen).

Biography artist: Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574).

Additional information

Dimensions 25 × 31 × 1 cm

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