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Saint Possidonius hastening away from a Knight

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

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

Title

Saint Possidonius hastening away from a Knight

Date of Production

1595 - 1600

Dimensions

Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 20.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2622

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 left image: “Cum priui. Sumi Pontificis. et S. Caes. Ma. //”; lower right, within image: “M. de vos figur. Raph. Sadeler Scalp. et excud. //”; lower margin: “Linquere desertas, celebratas querere sedes / Iam POSSIDONIO suaserat arcta fames. / Ecce tibi caelestis eques, similisqz minanti. / Territus iste redit, poma reperta capit. / 6 //”.

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