Author: Goltzius, Hendrick (1558-1617) after Straet, Johannes van (1523-1605)
Title: [Antique engraving ca 1617] The assumption of the blessed into Heaven (set title: The Four Last Things), published ca 1617, H. Goltzius, 1 p.
Description: Third plate of the series of four engravings by Goltzius after Stradanus.The assumption of the blessed into Heaven [Matt. 13:43]: the blessed are raised towards the sky, where Christ sits amongst his Saints. Signed on the bottom left 'Ioha Stradanus inuen / Henricus Goltz / Sculp.' Engraving on paper, pasted on thicker paper, trimmed within plate, diameter ca. 262 mm; state II/2; cut in border, backed paper; New Hollstein 344

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