2906A

The Florentines send Catherine as an envoy to Pope Gregory XI

Artist: Workshop of Jean Leclerc IV (1555-1621/22)
Title: The Florentines send Catherine as an envoy to Pope Gregory XI. She implores for peace and is granted that the Holy See will return to Rome after seventy years of exile.
Date: 1607
Medium: Engraving published in 1607 apud Ioannem Le Clerc, via S. Ioa. Lateranensis, ad insignem Salamandrae Regiae, Parisiis. Plate 12 of 33 (title plate included) forming the series D. Catharinae Senensis […] Vita ac miracula selectiora formis aeneis expressa. After the series engraved by Cornelis Galle I (1576-1650) and published in Antwerp in 1603 by Philip Galle (1537-1612).
Photo Source: Biblioteca Nacional de España Website
Item: 2906A