Hæc tibi spectator sacra quæ presentat imago, . mystica sunt veri symbola Christophori. ...
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Bruges 1523 - Florence 1605)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1595
Materials
Place of origin
Germany
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3115459.13
Summary
Single engraved plate of St. Christopher and the Christ child. Signed at foot: Ioan Stradan inv. [i.e.: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (1523-1605).
Bibliographic description
1 sheet (18 cm x 23 cm) . fol.. Pasted to verso of plate 8 of 'Kunstbüchlein' (1596).. Binding: Seventeenth-century full green paper over boards; tiny fragments of earlier printed waste visible (liturgical music?).
Makers and roles
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Bruges 1523 - Florence 1605)