[Antwerp?], Jean-Baptiste Barbé, c. 1620.
SS. Apostolorum et Evangelistarum Icones cum suis parergis.
Very rare first edition of a set of engravings by the Antwerp printmaker Jean-Baptiste Barbé (1578-1649) after the designs of Theodoor van Loon (c.1581-1649), a Flemish painter noted as an early stylistic follower of Caravaggio (1571-1610). The work presents bust-length portraits of the Holy Family, the Four Evangelists, and the..... More