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Saint Agnes, Marriage of Mary and Joseph, Saint Ildefonsus, Saint Timothy (21-24 January)
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Saint Agnes, Marriage of Mary and Joseph, Saint Ildefonsus, Saint Timothy (21-24 January)

Jacques Callot · 1632 - 1636 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sheet with four oval images, each with inscription and date in Latin: top left Saint Agnes with a lamb next to her, top right Mary and Joseph being united in marriage by a priest, bottom left Saint Ildefonsus receiving a garment from Mary, bottom right Saint Timothy with a palm branch. This print is part of a series of prints depicting the saints and the Christian feast days of the year. Four scenes from one plate are always printed on one sheet. Including the corresponding title page and frontispiece, there are in total 124 plates (490 scenes). The three plates with the last 12 scenes (the moveable Christian feast days) are cut in the third state into 12 small plates, and issued with a separate title page.

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Credit lineHeilige Agnes, Huwelijk van Maria en Jozef, Heilige Ildefonsus, Heilige Timotheüs (21-24 januari). 1632 - 1636. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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