Print Description
This print shows a bisshop from Brix being burned on a pyre like a heretic. The bisshop is praying. People, like monks, are watching the scene.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 18 x 14.5 cm (7.09 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 15.5 x 13.2 cm. (6.1 x 5.2 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Brownish in margins. On reverse remains of thin paper in upper corners. Three wormholes in upper left corner. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
BISSHOP-PYRE-HERETIC-CHRISTIAN-BRIX-MONKS | RBOS-A7-02
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published ca 1685.
Biography engraver: Jan Luiken / Luyken (1649-1712) belonged to the best engravers of the period. His son Casper (1672-1708) assisted with the making of the prints.
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