3029A

Blasius

Artist: Workshop of Jacques Honervogt I (ca. 1583 – ca. 1666)
Title: Blasius
Date: ca. 1635
Medium: Engraving with etched highlights. Plate 8 of Sylvae Sacrat. After an engraving [TIB 7001.385] by Johan Sadeler I (ca. 1550-1600), itself after a lost drawing by Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Published in Paris, rue St. Jacques, a la Ville de Cologne, first by Jacques Honervogt I (ca. 1583 – ca. 1666) ca. 1635. Then published, at the same address but possibly as part of other collections of anchorites, first by Gérard Jollain I (d. 1683) ca. 1654 and then by François Jollain (1641-1704) in 1688.
Photo Source: Bibliothèque Municipale de Lille (Shelfmark 43351).

Note: There are close versions, in the same direction, published by Thomas de Leu (PESSCA 3578A) and Jean Leclerc IV.
Item: 3029A