Passio verbigenae quae nostra rede m ptio Christi, nos ducit ad summi tecta paterna poli

by Marcus the Elder / Sadeler Gheeraerts, Jan I.

$7,500 · Offered by Martayan Lan

Rare first and only edition, only state, of a suite of 14 full-page, 16th-century engravings which ingeniously refigure the traditional subjects of Christ’s Passion in a manner at once timely/fashionable and archaizing/antique: The Passio verbigenae, published by Jan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after the designs of Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c..... More

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