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Saint Giles of Nîmes as Hermit reading a bible

Maker

(artist)
1532-1603

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

Title

Saint Giles of Nîmes as Hermit reading a bible

Date of Production

1594

Dimensions

Height: 16.7 cm
Width: 20.4 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2663

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 fec : M. de vos in. //”; lower margin: “EGIDIVM Regis Sobolem tegit umbra cauernae, / Vbera cui praebet cerua, dat herba dapes. / Quem fera captanti praedam cane prodidit altrix : / Nec virtus antro clausa latere potest. / 20 //”.

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