Artist: Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532 – 1603), after.
Engraver: Sadeler.
Title: 6. Joannes, religious hermit.
Signed, Numbered, and Inscribed in plate: Sadel excu: In the margin, two columns of Latin, every two lines "Dixit IOANNES ... iugum". Numbered below center "6".
Dimensions: Plate 6 3/4" x 8 3/8" 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.
Part of: Male hermits. Plate 6.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1856,0112.337.
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.
Juan de Ortega, better known as Saint John the Hermit, is best known for repairing roads and bridges along the Way of St James.