Légende
Matthias, St. Matthias, Christ and the twelve apostles, and St. Paul, print, book illustration, Landscape with the apostle Matthias. In one hand he holds a book, in the other a halberd., printmaker: attributed to Johannes Wierix, Antwerp, publisher: Nicolaes de Clerck, Delft, 1579, 1609, Attributed to, paper, engraving, letterpress printing, gravure, verso letterpress, height 59 mm x width 38 mm, Print used as illustration in: Const-toonneel, inhoudende de beschrijvinghe ende XL. Wonderful images of them: Our Lord Jesus Christ, with his apostles and the evangelists, together with the chief virtues and the vices. And finally the seven planets. Carved in copper by Johannis Wierix. The description is, 1609., the apostle and martyr Matthias, possible attributes: ax, book, cross, halberd, scroll, sword, A standing robed figure with long hair and an aged face holds a long staff topped with an ornate axe-like head in one hand and a closed book in the other, wearing layered draped garments and sandals, with one foot stepping forward onto a rounded textured ground; the background shows horizontal etched lines and distant low hills with small clusters of foliage.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B44_040
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
37.9Mo (10.9Mo) / 24.9cm x 38.1cm / 2944 x 4498 (300dpi)