Saint Jonas and Saint Barachisius of Persia, Saint John Climacus, Saint Benjamin of Kurdistan, Saint Quirinus of Neuss and Saint Balbina of Rome (29-31 March)
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 Jonah is passed through a mill, top right a monk approaches the old Saint John Climacus, bottom left Saint Benjamin is pierced with a prickly stick, bottom right Saint Balbina stands beside a child with a candle. 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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