Religious and Historical Scenes

Dramatic depictions of biblical stories and historical figures rendered in ink and chalk with a focus on narrative and emotional impact.

The church father Origenes shows an angel a portrait medallion. Origenes stands on a pedestal where his martyrdom is depicted on the obverse. Print marked top center: II. Volume Pag. 254., Church Father Origenes Origenes, Elder and Catechist t'Alexandria. Is cruelly punished in Tyre , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 276 mm × w 171 mm
The church father Origenes shows an angel a portrait medallion. Origenes stands on a pedestal where his martyrdom is depicted on the obverse. Print marked top center: II. Volume Pag. 254., Church Father Origenes Origenes, Elder and Catechist t'Alexandria. Is cruelly punished in Tyre , print maker: Jan Luyken, (mentioned on object), print maker: Zacharias Chatelain (II), (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Goeree, (mentioned on object), Amsterdam, 1698, paper, etching, engraving, h 276 mm × w 171 mm