Artist: Maarten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603), after.
Title: Conversion of Paul VI. St. Paul escaping Damascus XII.
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Lettered on margin, below image, with two lines in Latin: 'Dum sanctos...ruens'; signed on image: 'M. de Vos invent.'; numbered 'VI' on margin. Lettered on margin, below image, with two lines in Latin: 'Converso Paulo...virum'; signed on image: 'M. de Vos invent.'; numbered 'XII' on margin.
Dimensions: Sheets 7 3/4" x 5 1/4".
Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Flemish, 1516/17-1591). De Jode published many engravings by Johannes Wierix, Harmen Muller, Adriaen Collaert, Johannes Sadeler, and after Flemish designers such as Maarten de Vos and Ambrosius Francken. His greatest project was a set of Bible illustrations, finally published under the title 'Thesaurus Veteris et Novi Testamenti' in 1585; the plates were constantly updated.
Edition: [Series] Thesaurus Novi Testamenti elegantissimis iconibus expressus continens historias atque miracula do[mi] ni nostri Iesu Christi
Date: c. 1580.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on laid paper.
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: poor, especially, Conversion of Paul VI. Worn, tanned, discoloration, old repairs, remnants of glue, hinges. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Thesaurus Novi Testamenti... (Acts of the Apostles). (series title) Nos. VI and XII.
Museums and Libraries:
The British Museum 1968,1018.1.362, 1968,1018.1.368.
The Rijksmuseum RP-P-OB-68.144; RP-P-OB-68.148.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVI C.
Note: This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.