3452A

Martyrs under Emperor Alexander Severus

Artist: Workshop of Jean Leclerc IV (ca. 1560 – 1633)
Title: Martyrs under Emperor Alexander Severus (Caecilia, Urban, Tiburtius, Valerian, Maximus, and Pontian).
Date: 1600-1620.
Medium: Engraving. Plate 16/32 of the Ecclesiae Militantis Triumphi, published in Paris by the artists. After the series of the same name engraved by Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri (ca. 1525 – 1601) and published in Rome in 1583 by Bartholomaeo Grassi (active 1550-1600). The Leclerc engraving inverts the composition of the de'Calvalieri.
Photo Source: British Museum Website
Item: 3452A

Correspondences: Archive: 3452A/3452B; Archive: 3452A/3452B; Archive: 3452A/3452B