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Christ teaching the disciples, print, prayer card, Christ stands in a landscape and makes a speaking gesture. On the right, two disciples listening to him. In the center, two angels hold a cloth with a Latin Bible verse from Matt. 6. On the verso, a prayer card for Maria Calff, who died in Zwaluwe in 1835., printmaker: Cornelis Galle (II), Antwerp, publisher: Henri Leys (baron), 1638 - 1678, 1835, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, engraving with text in letterpress on the verso, height 65 mm x width 88 mm, Christ preaching in the open, A monochrome engraving shows a robed standing figure with long hair and a beard, a radiant halo around the head, gesturing with one hand toward kneeling figures on the right; two cherubic winged children hover above, one leaning on a scroll and the other reaching toward the kneeling group; an elderly kneeling man with a beard and a faint halo clasps his chest while two standing figures behind him hold hands together in a prayerful pose; drapery folds and grassy ground details fill the lower portion of the scene.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A92_357

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49.0Mb (7.3Mb) / 16.7in x 11.4in / 5007 x 3420 (300dpi)

Keywords

Christ teaching disciples print prayer card Christ stands landscape makes speaking gesture right two disciples listening center two angels hold cloth Latin Bible verse Matt 6 verso Maria Calff died Zwaluwe 1835 printmaker Cornelis Galle Ii Antwerp publisher Henri Leys baron 1638 - 1678 paper engraving letterpress printing text letterpress height 65 mm x width 88 mm Christ preaching open monochrome engraving robed standing figure long hair beard radiant halo head gesturing hand kneeling figures two cherubic winged children hover leaning scroll reaching kneeling group elderly kneeling man faint halo clasps chest two figures hold hands together prayerful pose drapery folds grassy ground details fill lower portion scene