Wahrhafte Contrafet etlicher Hocherleüchteter Herren durch welche Gott in den Letsten Zeiten, sein Heilig Evangelium klahr durch den finsteren Nebel Menschlicher Satzungen her für Leuchten Lassen / Aus Liebe der Wahrheit in Kupfer gebracht durch Conrad Meyer Mahler in Zürich.

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Conrad Meyer

1618-1689

etching

9 9/16 x 5 10/16 in. (243 x 147 mm.)

Peel 0010

Published:

Zurich, [1675]

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Inscription:

Watermark: unknown.

Notes:

Title plate for a series of portraits etched by Conrad and Johann Meyer, published in Zurich in 1675, possibly including portrait print Peel 0009.
Library's copy trimmed to plate mark.

Summary:

Above the title, two angels hold open a book inscribed 'Biblia Sacra'. Under image are inscribed quotations from the Bible. See Matthew XXIV, 35 and 1 Peter I, 25.

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Artist page:

Meyer, Conrad

Century:

17th century

Classification:

Department:

Drawings and Prints