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Christ [print]

Accession number
PML 145505, plate 122
Creator
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.
Published
[Netherlands] : [publisher unknown], 1589 or later.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Watermark: Eagle.
Plate number 7 of a suite of 14 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.
Lettered in Latin in lower margin: "Marci. XVI" and "Ite in Mvndvm vniversvm, et / prædicate evangelivm omni cre- / aturæ. Qui crediderit, et baptizatus fuerit, saluus erit: / qui uero uon crederit condemnabitur. Porro signa eos qui credider- / int hæc subsequentur. Per nomen meum dæmonia eijcient, etc.".
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.
Description
1 print : engraving ; image: 122 x 101 mm; platemark: 149 x 103 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows Jesus Christ as Salvator Mundi, half-length, in profile to left, holding an orb.
Classification
Department