Title page of Oraculum Anachoreticum, Christ as the Good Shephard
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1532-1603
(engraver)
Title
Title page of Oraculum Anachoreticum, Christ as the Good Shephard
Date of Production
1595 - 1600
Dimensions
Height: 16.6 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Width: 20.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2614
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Literature
Dibujos Espanoles, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, 2012
p. 68
fig. 4 on p. 69
PDF attached; erroneously as by Raphael Sadeler I
p. 68
fig. 4 on p. 69
PDF attached; erroneously as by Raphael Sadeler I
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper margin: “Templa vetusta uides! sunt hic Patrum, Hic tibi Pax, linguaeq tenens moderamina virtus, / Quos bonus huc egit Pastor, et alma quies. Quaeq libens paret, subesse facit. //”; upper centre, within image: “ORACVLVM / ANACHORETICVM //”; centre, within image: “OBEDIENTIA HVMILITAS. / REQVIES ANIMAE. //”; lower left, within image: “Cum priud / sumi pont et (indecipherable) mates //”; lower right, within image: “Marti de Vos figur / Ioa Sadeler sculpsit Venetijs. //”; lower margin: “SANCTISSIO PATRI NOSTRO, / D. CLEMENTI VIII POTI. OPT. MAX. / AN. D MDC”.
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