Saints celebrated in February

Saints celebrated in February

Series: Series: Les images de tous les saints et saintes de l'année

Four oval scenes, each related to religious events or saints celebrated in February; from left to right and top to bottom, a soldier shearing the breast of a young female saint tied to a pillar (St Agatha's Day); a man armed with a brand and burning the side of a young female saint tied to a pillar (St Dorothea's Day); a Bishop saint standing in a landscape with a palm leaf in right hand, and reading a book (St Paul of Verdun's Day); a bespectacled hermit saint standing in a landscape and reading a book; a rosary hangs from his belt (St Romuald's Day). c.1632/35
Etching
Height: Height: 210 millimetres
Width: Width: 123 millimetres
Inscription content: Each scene lettered with name of publisher, date of feastday and title
From a set of 124 plates (a title, a frontispiece and 122 plates of 4 scenes each), see 1861,0713.511 for comment.

Representation of: St Agatha
Representation of: St Dorothea
Representation of: St Paul of Verdun
Representation of: St Romuald

Print made by: Jacques Callot
Published by: Israël Henriet

Lieure 1927 / Jacques Callot (848-851.II)
Meaume 1860 / Recherches sur la vie et les ouvrages de Jacques Callot (302-425)

French

1632-35

British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1861-0713-526
Purchased from: Charles Scarisbrick (From the Scarisbrick collection of Callot's work)
Purchased through: Christie's (14.v.1861/part of lot 475)
Purchased through: Colnaghi