Saint Saba reading the scriptures
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
Title
Saint Saba reading the scriptures
Date of Production
1595 - 1600
Dimensions
Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Width: 20.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2628
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
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower, within image: “R. Sad. fec. [?] M de Vos [?] Cu. pri. Su. Pnt et S.C.M. //”; lower margin: “Supra homines, spraqz feras euasit in altum / SABA. vide rupes, iuia saxa vide. / Huc tamen et panes, et aquam pia turba ferebat. / Quo non ascendit numinis altus amor? / 12 //”.
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