Author: WIERIX Johannes ( ca. 1549 - 1615 ) - Saint John :
Title: Johannes de Evangelist ( Saint John ) - Original engraving by Johannes Wierix.
Description: .: Antwerpen, publisher Johannes Baptista Vrints, 1585, original engraving 207 x 264 mm, printed on paper, engraved by Wierix , designed by Maerten de Vos. Caption underneath reads '' Ut genus omne avium superat iovis ales, aperta...''. This print formed part of suite of engravings '' Thesaurus sacrarum historiarum veteris ( et novi) testamenti....editus sumptibus atque expensis Gerardi de Iode AN. 1585''. Fine printing with ample margins. See Hollstein Dutch 1122. Mauquoy-Hendricx 835. The plate can be seen on internet as item RP-P-1988-312-215 in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. (The evangelist Saint John is writing underneath a tree next to an eagle that holds an inkpot.). .

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