Saint Felix of Metz, Saint Joseph of Arimathea, Saint Polycarp, Saint Matthias (21-24 February)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Sheet with four oval scenes, each with inscription and date in Latin: top left Saint Felix on a seat in a room, top right Saint Joseph of Arimathea in a landscape, bottom left Saint Polycarp being stabbed with a dagger, bottom right Saint Matthias with an axe. 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) were cut in the third state into 12 small prints, and issued with a separate title page.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSimilar works
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