6827A

Saint Bartholomew and his martyrdom

Artist: Jan Collaert I (1525-1585) (attr.)
Title: Saint Bartholomew and his martyrdom
Date: 1576-1580
Medium: Engraving. After Maarten de Vos (1532-1603). Plate 8/12 numbered plates (plus an unnumbered plate depicting the martyrdom of Christ) constituting the series Christ, Saint Paul, and the Twelve Apostles. First published in Antwerp by the widow of Hieronymus Cock (1505-1575) at Aux 4 Vents. Plates reprinted in new states in the Theatrum Biblicum (Antwerp: Adriaen Collaert, 1643 and 1674) and in Den Grooten Figuer-Bibel (Amsterdam: Claes Jansz. Visscher, 1646).
Photo Source: Cleveland Museum of Art
Note: An impression of this print exists in the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú. It is in an uncatalogued album titled Pasión Muerte y Resurrección de Jesucristo (Grabados) de Joanne Stradanus Brugense.
Item: 6827A