Holy Bibiana van Rome, holy Birinus van Dorchester, holy Barbara of Nicomedia, holy Sabas of Mar-Saba (2-5 December), Jacques Callot, 1632-1636 print Sheet with four oval representations, each with inscription and date in Latin: in the top left of the Holy Bibiana of Rome that is flooded, at the top right, the holy Birinus of Dorchester on a coast looking at a ship, below the Holy Barbara of Nicomedia with a palm branch and a one Torentje in the hands, reading the Sacred Sabas of Mar-Saba at the bottom right of a cave. This print is part of a series of prints with representations of the saints
Holy Bibiana van Rome, holy Birinus van Dorchester, holy Barbara of Nicomedia, holy Sabas of Mar-Saba (2-5 December), Jacques Callot, 1632-1636 print Sheet with four oval representations, each with inscription and date in Latin: in the top left of the Holy Bibiana of Rome that is flooded, at the top right, the holy Birinus of Dorchester on a coast looking at a ship, below the Holy Barbara of Nicomedia with a palm branch and a one Torentje in the hands, reading the Sacred Sabas of Mar-Saba at the bottom right of a cave. 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 female saints (with NAME). male saints (with NAME). the virgin martyr Barbara; possible attributes: book, cannon(ball), crown, cross, chalice with wafer, Dioscuros (her father), peacock feather, sword, torches, mason's tools, tower. male saints (with NAME)
Size: 3942px × 6560px
Photo credit: © piemags/rmn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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