Ioannes Calvinus natus novioduni picardorum x Iulij A ̊1509, et denatus Genevae xxvii May A ̊1564 ibidemque sepultus. Iohannes Calvinus is geboren tot Noyen in Picardyen den 10 July 1509. en is inde Heere ontslapen tot Geneven den 27 May 1564 ende aldaer begraven / F. Stuarhalt f.

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François Stuerhelt

-1652

engraving

image: 321 x 212 mm; plate mark: 325 x 213 mm

Peel 0011

Published:

[Netherlands] : CI Visscher Excudit, [between 1643-1652]

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Inscription:

Watermark: unknown.

Notes:

Attribution based on first letters of inscribed name, which take the same form as Claes Visscher's monogram. Visscher was an etcher and publisher rather than an engraver, and probably designed or published, but did not engrave, this print.
Perhaps part of a series including 0005, although this seems to be a German print.

Summary:

Commemorative portrait of John Calvin.
Portrait of Jean Calvin standing inside a study, full-length, turned to left and reading a book, wearing a hat and a fur-trimmed robe; to the left, by a window, is a table with an open book, an ink-well and a candle; at right, a chair and a bookshelf.

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Century:

17th century

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Department:

Drawings and Prints