Artist: Maarten de Vos, after.
Engraver: Sadeler.
Title: 4. Abraham, religious hermit. (Saint Abraham the Great of Kidunja).
Signed, Numbered, and Inscribed in plate: Sadeler excudit: In the margin, two columns of Latin, every two lines "A primis ABRAHAM ... sibi.' Numbered below center "4".
Dimensions: 6 5/8" x 8". Sheet 9 1/2" x 13".
Publisher: Sadeler.
Edition: Solitudo sive vitæ Patrum eremicolarum (Solitude or the life of the Hermit Fathers).
Date: Late XVI C.
Materials and Techniques: etching on laid paper.
Watermark: yes.
Mat and Frame: matted.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Spots. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne:Part of: Male hermits. Plate 4.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1856,0112.336.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVI C. Dutch School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from the catalog entry and uses the catalog description of the same item from the collection of the British Museum.
Saint Mary the Harlot is a niece of Saint Abraham, the Great of Kidunja. We have an engraving depicting Mary, the Nephew of Abraham the Hermit.