[Illustration] / [Religion].
S.l. [Antwerp], s.n. [Sadeler], s.a. [c. 1570-1600].
Passio verbigenae quae nostra rede(m)ptio Christi, nos ducit ad summi tecta paterna poli.
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