Saint Martius of Auvergne as Hermit with a scythe
Maker
(artist)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
1532-1603
(engraver)
1560/1 - 1628 or 32 (Life dates)
Title
Saint Martius of Auvergne as Hermit with a scythe
Date of Production
1594
Dimensions
Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Width: 20.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2653
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
crosier
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, within image: “Raphael Sadeler fecit / Martin de vos inue //”; lower margin: “MARTIVS Aruerna pater & contemptor honoris / Permutat sacrum Sponte ligone pedum. / Atqz sibi caueam fodit, in qua viuere poSsit, / Immo mori, cui mors mil miSi vita fuit. / 10 //”.
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