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Saint Bavo of Ghent praying as hrmit

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

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

Title

Saint Bavo of Ghent praying as hrmit

Date of Production

1594

Dimensions

Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 19.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2656

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, within image: “Raphael Sadeler fecit //”; lower right, within image: “M. de vos figu. //”; lower margin: “Stirpe ducum clara Belgarum BAVO profectus / Aurato ex thalamo in Frondea tecta fugit. / Euocat e tumulis animas, fua viScera torquens / Glande Sitiqz, Sibi munit ad astra viam. / 13 //”.

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