Antique Print – JEROME OF PRAGUE-HIERONYMUS-REFORMATION-PORTRAIT-HONDIUS after unknown artist – 1602

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€125.00

Hieronymus Bohemus, Pragensis (…) – This scarce original antique print depicts a portrait of Jerome of Prague (1379 – 1416), a Czech scholastic philosopher, theologian, reformer, and professor. Jerome was one of the chief followers of Jan Hus and was burned for heresy at the Council of Constance. He is often called Hieronymus the Latin form of his first name. Dutch text on verso.

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Hieronymus Bohemus, Pragensis (…)

Engraving/etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 15 x 23,3 cm. (5,9 x 9,2 inch). Image size: 12 x 16,8 cm. (4,7 x 6,6 inch).

From: ‘Praestantium aliquot theologorum […]’, by H.C. Nieulandt, The Hague 1602-1603. First published by Hendrik Hondius as part of the series ‘Icones virorum nostra patrum […]’

Made by Hendrik Hondius I after an anonymous artist. Hendrik Hondius I, Henricus Hondius I or Hendrik Hondius the Elder (Latinised form of ‘Hendrik de Hondt’, first name also spelled: ‘Hendrick’) (1573–1650), was a Flemish-born and trained engraver, cartographer and publisher who settled in the Dutch Republic in 1597.

Condition: Very good, given age. A few crinkles, mostly outside image area. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Keywords: JEROME OF PRAGUE-HIERONYMUS-REFORMATION-PORTRAIT

PCO-C13-35

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Dimensions 15 × 15 × 1 cm

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