Accession number
PML 145505, plate 125
Creator
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.
Published
[Netherlands] : [publisher unknown], 1589 or later.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Plate number 11 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 in lower left corner of image: "HG fe.".
Numbered and lettered in Latin in lower margin: "X" and "Remissionem Peccatorvm."; numbered in lower left corner: "11".
Bound in v. 7 (PML 145505) as plate 125 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.
Plate number 11 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 in lower left corner of image: "HG fe.".
Numbered and lettered in Latin in lower margin: "X" and "Remissionem Peccatorvm."; numbered in lower left corner: "11".
Bound in v. 7 (PML 145505) as plate 125 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: 119 x 101 mm; platemark: 149 x 104 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows St Simon, half-length, holding open the pages of the Scriptures, with a saw (the instrument of his martyrdom) behind at left.
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