Religious Engravings of Christ and Saints

A collection of intricate engravings depicting Christ's suffering, worship of the Trinity, Madonna with child, and various saintly figures, framed by Latin inscriptions and ornate borders.

The holy church father Gregory of Nyssa beholds an angel sitting on the back of a demonic beast and restraining it with chains. Gregory stands on a pedestal. On the obverse the scene in which he and his deacon pray to God while they are chased by Roman soldiers. Print marked top center: II Part Pag. 213., St. Gregory of Nyssa, Church Father Gregory, Bishop of Neo-Cesareen Inde Woestyne, miraculously escaped his persecutors , 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 176 mm
The holy church father Gregory of Nyssa beholds an angel sitting on the back of a demonic beast and restraining it with chains. Gregory stands on a pedestal. On the obverse the scene in which he and his deacon pray to God while they are chased by Roman soldiers. Print marked top center: II Part Pag. 213., St. Gregory of Nyssa, Church Father Gregory, Bishop of Neo-Cesareen Inde Woestyne, miraculously escaped his persecutors , 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 176 mm