Description
This print shows hermit Arsenius in the hills in front of his cave under a tree reading books. Buildings and three people on the backside. Text below in latin is missing.
Made by Johannes Sadeler after Maerten de Vos.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge), attached to a carrier sheet paper.
Sheet size: 20 x 14.5 cm (7.87 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 20 x 14.5 cm. (7.87 x 5.71 inch).
Condition: good, given age. No margins. Mounted on paper. Remains of paper tape on reverse. . General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
HERMIT-ARSENIUS-SAINT-BOOKS-HILLS-BIBLE-RELIGION-BUILDINGS | RBOS-A10-05
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was published in the series “Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta and Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum.”, 1594-1606.
Biography engraver: Johannes Sadeler (1550-1600) .
Biography artist: Maerten de Vos (1532?1603) after Raphael.
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