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Saint Saba reading the scriptures

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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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