Holy Margaret of Antioch, Holy Praxedes of Rome, Holy Mary Magdalena, Holy Birgitta van Sweden (20-23 July), Jacques Callot, 1632 - 1636 print Leaf with four oval representations, each with inscription and date in Latin: in the top left of the Holy Margaret standing on a dragon, at the top right the Holy Praxedes that bent a floor, bottom left Saint Mary Magdalena as hermit in the wilderness, below the Holy Birgitta of Sweden Praying with a crucifix. This print is part of a series of prints with representations of the saints and the Christian holidays of the year. Four scenes of one plate are
Holy Margaret of Antioch, Holy Praxedes of Rome, Holy Mary Magdalena, Holy Birgitta van Sweden (20-23 July), Jacques Callot, 1632 - 1636 print Leaf with four oval representations, each with inscription and date in Latin: in the top left of the Holy Margaret standing on a dragon, at the top right the Holy Praxedes that bent a floor, bottom left Saint Mary Magdalena as hermit in the wilderness, below the Holy Birgitta of Sweden Praying with a crucifix. This print is part of a series of prints with representations of the saints and the Christian holidays of the year. Four scenes of one plate are always printed on one leaf. Including accompanying title page and frontispiece, it concerns a total of 124 plates (490 performances). The three plates with the last 12 scenes (the changeable Christian holidays) were cut into 12 small pictures in the third state, and with a separate title page. print maker: Nancypublisher: Paris paper etching St. Margaret is plunged in boiling water. female saints (with NAME). the penitent St. Mary Magdalene (often before a cave, possibly at La Sainte-Baume hill): her long hair covers her (naked) body, she reads, meditates or raises her tear-filled eyes towards heaven. the foundress of the Order of Bri(d)gettines, the widow Bridget (Birgitta) of Sweden; possible attributes: band over veil with five red spots, book, candle, heart with cross, inkhorn, pilgrim's hat, staff, wallet
Size: 4206px × 6548px
Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
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