Vier kerkvaders: heiligen Ambrosius, Gregorius, Hiëronymus en Augustinus, Cornelis van Dalen (II), after Peter Paul Rubens, 1648 - 1664

Title(s)

Vier kerkvaders: heiligen Ambrosius, Gregorius, Hiëronymus en Augustinus
In Effigiem Quatuor-Virorum (...) Christi optime meritorum (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1905-6595

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 5-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Vier kerkvaders: heiligen Ambrosius, Gregorius, Hiëronymus en Augustinus. In ondermarge Latijns vers.

Artist

• print maker: Cornelis van Dalen (II) (mentioned on object)
• after painting by: Peter Paul Rubens (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Abraham Bloteling (mentioned on object)
• Monogrammist PL (schrijver) (mentioned on object)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

1648 - 1664

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 325 mm × width 257 mm

What

• Ambrose, bishop of Milan; possible attributes: beehive, cradle with baby, three-knotted scourge
• pope Gregory the Great; possible attributes: dove, emperor Trajan
• the monk and hermit Jerome (Hieronymus); possible attributes: book, cardinal's hat, crucifix, hour-glass, lion, skull, stone
• Augustine, bishop of Hippo; possible attributes: arrows piercing his breast, book, child with spoon, flaming heart, heart (pierced with arrows), pen
• the four Latin (Western) Fathers of the Church together: Ambrose (usually as bishop), Jerome (usually as cardinal), Augustine (usually as bishop), Gregory the Great (usually as pope)

Credit line

• M.E. van den Brink Bequest, Velp

Acquisition

bequest 1905

Copyright

Public domain

• Cornelisz. - Dou, p. 104, cat.nr. 5-2