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Object Type
print
Museum number
1858,0417.1279
Description
St Augustine and five other saints seated in lower part and holding volumes inscribed with their names, looking up at a monk standing on a pedestal at right, holding a quill pen of which text lines emerge, a female figure seated on a cloud in top left corner and pointing at an inscribed banderolle, surrounded by putti, a nobleman standing at right; after Abraham van Diepenbeeck Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Pieter Clouwet
After:
Abraham van Diepenbeeck
School/style
Flemish
Production date
1644-1670
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
289 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
192 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For another impression see 1872,1012.5455.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
christian saint/martyr
Associated names
Representation of:
St Augustine of Hippo
Representation of:
St John Damascene
Representation of:
Archbishop Anselm
Representation of:
St Bernard of Clairvaux
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date
1858
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1858,0417.1279