Description
These are two prints printd on both sides of paper. Plate 1: Stephen is buried in a shroud. Below the performance is a reference in Latin to the Bible text in Acts. 8:2. Numbered 11. Plate 2: Saints Philip, Peter and John lay their hands on the baptized of Samaria. The apostles Peter, in the center with the keys, Philip on the left with a cross-shaped staff, and John, on the right with a cup, impose their hands in the act of blessing people. Numbered 12. 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. One tear in margin restored. Smudges. Folds as published. Fold in corner below. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
PHILIP-PETER-JOHN-SAMARIA-SAINT-BIBLE-STEPHEN-BURIAL-RELIGION | RBOS-A10-03
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in Amsterdam 1582. .
Biography engraver: Philip Galle (1537, Haarlem, 1612, Antwerpen).
Biography artist: Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574).
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