Accession number
PML 145506, plate 094
Creator
Passe, Crispijn van de, approximately 1565-1637, engraver.
Published
[Netherlands], [between 1579 and 1637]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Bound in v. 8 (PML 145506) as plate 94 of an extra-illustrated copy of The Holy Bible, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1814-1815 (see Harris Bible PML 145499-06).
Print inlaid into leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving in the style of Lucas van Leyden. Cf. New Hollstein.
Lettered with van Leyden's monogram ( "L") on the column at upper right, Crispijn de Passe's monogram at lower left in shadow of the step, and "st Johannes" in bottom margin.
Print inlaid into leaf measuring 331 x 233 mm, bound into volume.
Engraving in the style of Lucas van Leyden. Cf. New Hollstein.
Lettered with van Leyden's monogram ( "L") on the column at upper right, Crispijn de Passe's monogram at lower left in shadow of the step, and "st Johannes" in bottom margin.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 200 x 130 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
St John; John sits in center facing to the left with eyes upturned; he holds a book in his lap with his left hand and a quill aloft in his right hand; next to him at left an eagel; out the open window the Virgin and Child on a Crescent in the clouds in background.
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