The holy church father Irene of Lyon stands with an opened book in his hands. Beside him, an angel rests on a sword tucked into a bishop's mitre. Ireneus stands on a pedestal where his beheading is depicted on the front. Print marked top center: II. Part Pag: 202., Saint Irene of Lyon, Church Father Ireneus, Bishop of Lions. By order of Zeverus, there cruelly slain , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 276 mm × w

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