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Object Type
print
Museum number
1901,0611.55
Title
Object:
Maria Abrahami Eremitæ Neptis
Series:
Female Hermits in landscapes
Description
Mary Peccatrix (sinner) with her grandfather Abraham; Abraham, a monk in a habit, prays before a cross in a small cubicle chapel; Mary sits in another cubicle and converses with a well attired man; at right, her corpse lies in a stable-like structure attended by monks with a village beyond; plate 4; after Maarten de Vos. Engraving
Producer name
Print made by:
Cornelis Galle I
After:
Maarten de Vos
Published by:
Adriaen Collaert
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1580
(circa)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
175 millimetres
Width:
223 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For comment see 1901,0611.51.
Bibliographic references
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(270)
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(770)
(The Collaert Dynasty)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Mrs Edward Waller Hobson
Acquisition date
1901
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1901,0611.55