Nicholas Ridley (c.1500-1555) Bishop of Rochester (after Adriaen van der Werff)
Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659 - Amsterdam, 1724)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1697
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
318 x 188 mm
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 452751
Summary
Print, engraving, Nicholas Ridley (c.1500-1555) Bishop of Rochester (after Adriaen van der Werff) by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659 - Amsterdam, 1724)
Full description
Print, engraving, Nicholas Ridley (c.1500-1555) Bishop of Rochester (after Adriaen van der Werff) by Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659 - Amsterdam, 1724). Portrait of a man with a Canterbury cap on his head. Pyramid and mountains in the background and burning pyre in the middleground. At base of column is an shield with two quarters - crossed swords and a bull - and an inscription 'RIDLEY / Ic fus saus Eduaurd le Second de Cramner / Et meine quelque fois it emprinta mon sule / Pour troiscine tecuant nous ames Latimer / Et nous fumes tous trois bruler pour L'Faragile." "Adrn vandate Werff pinx / P. a Gunst sculps.'
Makers and roles
Pieter Stevens van Gunst (1659 - Amsterdam, 1724), engraver (printmaker) after Adriaen van der Werff (Kralingen 1659 - Rotterdam 1722), artist