Saint Matthew [print]
Accession number:
PML 145505, plate 123
Published:
[Netherlands] : [publisher unknown], 1589 or later.
Description:
1 print : engraving ; image: 122 x 101 mm; platemark: 150 x 104 mm
Credit:
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes:
Watermark: none.
Plate number 9 of a suite of engravings of the 12 Apostles, Christ and St. Paul. The legend for each is a phrase from the Apostles' Creed in Latin.
Signed "HG fe." within image at lower center.
Numbered and lettered in Latin in lower margin: "VIII" and "Credo in Spiritvm sanc- / tvm"; numbered in lower left corner: "9".
Bound in v. 7 (PML 145505) as plate 122 of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Library's copy has been closely cropped and trimmed to image, with loss of engraved text, numbering, imprint, and platemark.
Provenance:
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Print shows St Matthew, half-length, holding a halberd and reading the Scriptures.
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