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Peter of Amiens with letter and crucifix amidst a crowd, Peter the Hermit, print, book illustration, Peter of Amiens with letter and crucifix amidst a crowd in Amiens. Top right: III.D.Pl.IV. Bottom right: p. 417., printmaker: Reinier Vinkeles (I), Amsterdam, after drawing by Jacobus Buys, 1782, paper, etching, engraving, etching and engraving, height 230 mm x width 150 mm, Print used as book illustration in: Martinet, Joannes Florentius. Historie der waereld. Amsterdam: Johannes Allart, 1780-1788. 25 volumes. volume III, pl. IV., Person, Peter of Amiens, crucifix, personal devotion, letter, envelope, Amiens, A detailed black and white engraving shows a bearded man in a long robe standing in the center holding a tall cross aloft in one hand and a sheet of paper in the other, a rosary with a cross hanging from his waist and a staff at his side; he faces a crowd of variously dressed people who display pleading and attentive gestures, including a kneeling figure with clasped hands in the foreground and a woman holding a small child to the left; behind them are stone buildings with arched windows and towers, and a church-like structure with spires is visible further back under a sky filled with textured clouds.
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