Antique Master Print-SAINT MARINUS OF WILPARTING-ANIANUS-Kager-Sadeler-1615

Beschreibung

'21. S. ANIANUS ARCHIDIACONUS S. MARINI.'Copperplate engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Double headed eagle (not visible on every sheet). Sheet size: 19,5 x 27,5 cm. (7,7 x 10,8 inch). Image size: 15 x 21,5 cm. (5,9 x 8,5 inch).From 'Bavaria Sancta .', by Matthäus Rader, published in Munich. From the original first ed. published 1615 (vol.1), 1624 (vol.2) and 1627 (vol.3). Most plates from vol. 1. Plates were sold bound as such but also sold individually. Very scarse. This hagiography work was commissioned by Maximilian I (1598-1651) to memorize the holy dead and highlight the power of their relics and devotion as an attempt to rewrite Catholic hagiography in light of Humanist criticism and Counter Reformation. I was also a piece of propaganda to glorify Maximilian and his confessional, political and territorial ambitions. Ref: Brunet IV, 1085; Lentner II, 4095; De Backer VI ao. 1376-1377; H. 239-298, 299-342 (Sadeler I); H. 157-201 (Sadeler II).Made by 'Raphael Sadeler' after 'Johann Matthias Kager or Peter Candid'. Author: Matthäus Rader, a Jesuit from Tyrol, Professor of Rhetoric in Augsburg and later Munich. Engraved by Raphael Sadeler I (1560-1632) and his son Raphael Sadeler II (1584-1632) after Johann Matthias Kager (1566-1634) and Peter Candid. Condition: Very good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.Keywords: SAINT MARINUS OF WILPARTING-ANIANUS-MARTYRS-BURNED ALIVEPCO-C32-22.

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Titel

Antique Master Print-SAINT MARINUS OF WILPARTING-ANIANUS-Kager-Sadeler-1615

Erscheinungsjahr

1615

Illustrator

Johann Matthias Kager or Peter Candid

Auflage

1. Auflage

Zustand

Very Good

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