Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.
Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.
Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.
Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.
Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.
Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.
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Maarten de Vos, after. 15. Spiridionis, religious hermit. Etching by Sadeler. Late XVI C.

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Artist:  Maarten de Vos, Flemish, 1532 – 1603), after.
Engraver:  Sadeler.
Title:  15. Spiridionis, religious hermit.
Signed, Numbered, and Inscribed in plate: Sadel. exc:  In the margin, two columns of Latin, every two lines, "Tironis in monte ... dolos". Numbered below center "15".
Dimensions: Plate 6 5/8 x 8 1/8. 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 15. 
Museums and Libraries:  Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University 2006.7.4.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVI C. Dutch School XVI C.
Note: St. Spyridon is also the patron saint of the Tolstoy family.