De heilige Simon, Antonio Tempesta, 1565 - 1630

Title(s)

De heilige Simon
Remissionem peccatorum (title on object)
Christus, Maria en de apostelen (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-37.482

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 305-1(2)
• The Illustrated Bartsch 354
• Bartsch 354

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De heilige Simon met zaag en boek. Op de achtergrond links wordt Simon doormidden gezaagd en geslagen met een stok. Op de achtergrond rechts stuurt Simon slangen achter zijn vervolgers aan.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta (mentioned on object)
• after own design by: Antonio Tempesta
• publisher: Nicolaus van Aelst (mentioned on object)

Place

print maker: Italy
after own design by: Italy
publisher: Rome

Dating

1565 - 1630

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 529 mm × width 385 mm

What

• the apostle Simon Zelotes (or Simon the Canaanite); possible attributes: book, saw, scroll
• martyrdom and death of Simon Zelotes: he is sawn in two, or beaten to death
• life and acts of Simon Zelotes

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

• Antonio Tempesta, dl. 35 commentary 1, p. 200, cat.nr. 305
• Italian masters of the sixteenth century : Antonio Tempesta, dl. 35, p. 133, cat.nr. 354
• Le peintre graveur, dl. 17, p. 137, cat.nr. 354