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Saint Alferius

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

(printmaker)
1550-1600

(publisher)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)

(publisher)
1550-1600

Title

Saint Alferius

Date of Production

1598

Dimensions

Height: 17.2 cm
Width: 21.1 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2468

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: lower margin: “Templa Deo, socÿs cellas extruxit in antris / ALFERIVS, precibus nocte, dieque vacans : / 11 / Ocia sic fugit, effraenis sic pabula membris / Subtrahit, ac tandem victor in astra volat. //”; within image, lower left: “cu grati et priuel : Pot / Ioa Sadeler sculps. //”.

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