Name: Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-SAINT GREGORIUS THE GREAT-ROME-POPE-de Vos-c.1650
SKU: RB-1975
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Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-SAINT GREGORIUS THE GREAT-ROME-POPE-de Vos-c.1650

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‘”S. GREGORIUS”‘

– This print shows a view on a portrait of Saint Gregorius the Great. This print is a mirror image of the original. With a latin text beneath. In English: “He despairs of the creator, who places his hope in the created.”

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Description

This print shows a view on a portrait of Saint Gregorius the Great. This print is a mirror image of the original. With a latin text beneath. In English: “He despairs of the creator, who places his hope in the created.”

Made by an anonymous engraver after M. de Vos.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (vergé) paper.

Sheet size: 18.5 x 26 cm (7.28 x 10.24 inch). Image size: 11.7 x 16 cm. (4.61 x 6.3 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brown edges. Remains of paper tape on reverse. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-SAINT GREGORIUS THE GREAT-ROME-POPE | RBOS-A11-13

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Published by F Pelletier c. 1650.

Biography artist: Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), Antwerp-born painter and designer, prolific draftsman for religious series, whose work influenced a generation of Northern printmakers.