Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-SAINT JOSEPH-RELIGION-CHILD JESUS-Verbruggen-c1730

This print shows a view on a portrait of Saint Joseph holding bay Jesus in his arms. This print is a mirror image of the original.

Made by after an anonymous artist.

Medium: Engraving on wove (vellin) paper.

Sheet size: 19.5 x 28 cm (7.68 x 11.02 inch). Image size: 13 x 20.2 cm. (5.12 x 7.95 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brown edges. Two minor tears in margin restored. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-SAINT JOSEPH-RELIGION-CHILD JESUS | RBOS-A11-13

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print was originally published in ca 1730. Thsi is a 19th.c. impression on wove paper.

Biography engraver: Susanna Verbruggen (ca. 1684 – 18 April 1752) was an eighteenth-century Flemish print publisher and sculpture seller. From Antwerp, she ran a trade in devotional prints for decades and owned a large collection of copper plates.