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Saint Gregory in his study

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

(printmaker)
1539-1618

(publisher)
born 1509 or 1517, died 1591 (Life dates)

Title

Saint Gregory in his study

Dimensions

Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 20.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2527

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: centre left, within image: “Ecce puer meus diciam gentibo / quem olegi, dilec: ruintiabit. Non / ius meus, in quo contendet, neq / bene complacuir, clamabit, neq / animae meae. Po: audiet aliqu: nam spiritu me is in plateis / um saper eum, iu vocem eius. etc. / Es. 42. //”; lower, within image: “Gerrard. de iode excudit. Anto Wierinx Sculpsit Martin de Vos figurauit //”; lower margin: “GREGORIVS ob eximiam peculiaremq sapientia, magni nomen obtinuit. Nominis balianarat secularia,deliciosa, quam Christo mundo potiora: ille colere piu sanc: / istuis primus factus pontifex: cumuni suffragio consensq Mauricy Cesaris, cui paulo an: teq Deum, ac agere parce duriterq vita: vt seculis post mutis imo hanc vsq / te a lustrali fonte gregorius infantem subleuasser: mistiq Gregorio legatos hic Romae memoriam, nihil illo sanctius, nihil diligentius scribendo succurrendoq ecelesiae de:/ se velle illu agere pontificem papatuiq preesse: ille recusare cura sedulo, du nul: niq nihil illius instar fuerir. Multu ei erat humilitatis: vt inter pontific. Se ser / la precationi hi dabant requie: oneri tande se subisit. Dum hic sibi antistes a: num seruorum Desi prior nominauerit. vale. //”.

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