Antique Print-PORTRAIT-JOANNES-CALVINUS-Vinkeles-Buys-1788

Portrait of John Calvin (1509-1564), a French theologian, pastor and reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of Christian theology later called Calvinism, including its doctrines of predestination and of God’s absolute sovereignty in the salvation of the human soul from death and eternal damnation. Calvinist doctrines were influenced by and elaborated upon the Augustinian and other Christian traditions. Various Congregational, Reformed and Presbyterian churches, which look to Calvin as the chief expositor of their beliefs, have spread throughout the world.

Made by Reinier Vinkeles after Jacobus Buys.

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 11.8 x 18.5 cm (4.65 x 7.28 inch). Image size: 9.2 x 15.2 cm. (3.62 x 5.98 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-JOANNES-CALVINUS | PCO-C46-34

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816) was an 18th-century painter and engraver from the Northern Netherlands, who was the teacher of several talented artists.

Biography artist: Jacobus Buys (1724-1801) was a Dutch painter and engraver.