Heilige Eustachius, Marcus de Bye, after Antonio Tempesta, 1659 - c. 1677

Title(s)

Heilige Eustachius

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-BI-5465

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 107-2(2)

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De Heilige Eustachius knielend tussen paard en twee honden voor een hert met in het gewei een crucifix.

Artist

• print maker: Marcus de Bye (mentioned on object)
• after design by: Antonio Tempesta (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Nicolaes Visscher (I) (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: The Hague
publisher: Amsterdam

Dating

1659 - c. 1677

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 159 mm × width 100 mm

What

• the conversion of St. Eustace: while hunting (on horseback) he is confronted with a stag bearing a crucifix between its antlers; Eustace is shown kneeling before the stag (that appears on a rock)

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Brun - Coques, p. 80, cat.nr. 07