Saint Matthias [print]

Accession number: 
PML 145505, plate 131
Author: 
Goltzius, Hendrik, 1558-1617.
Published: 
[Netherlands] : [publisher unknown], 1589 or later.
Description: 
1 print : engraving ; image: 123 x 101 mm; platemark: 152 x 104 mm
Credit: 
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes: 

Watermark: crozier within a shield, surmounted by a crown, with letters "H, N" above "M".
Plate number 13 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.
Lettered in lower center within image: "HG".
Numbered and lettered in Latin in lower margin: "XII" and "Et Vitam æternam Amen."
Bound in v. 7 (PML 145505) as plate 131 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 Matthias, half-length, holding the hilt of a sword and resting his left hand on an open book.

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