Buy ENGRAVING OF ST. PETER AND ST. JOHN IN THE TEMPLE. 16TH CENTURY

- Engraving representing St. Peter and St. John in the temple, helping a lame man to get up.
- The scene is from the "Acts of the Apostles", Chapter 3, Verse 1.
- Intaglio etching on copperplate, printed on very fine paper of poor quality, in single-colour black tone, very good ink and very good printing.
- In the lower left-hand corner are the signatures of the draughtsman Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574), the engraver Philipe Galle (1537-1612) and the printer Hieronymus Cock (1510-1570). The number 1 appears in the same corner. All of them were artists of great renown and high standing, and their work is preserved in various museums.
- On the lower side there is a separate band with the legend "Petrus cum Ioanne in templum ascendens claudum fanat", which could be translated as "Peter with John on the ascent to the temple helping a lame man". On the far right-hand side is the notation "act, ch. 3".
- On the back is the pencilled notation "Story of SS Peter & John. Set 6. Holl 96. 186 slate".
- All signatures are inside the plate, including the lower legend.
- The artistic quality and execution, as well as the great ease with which the luminosity coming from the upper left corner has been used to achieve a strong and lively effect, dominating the chiaroscuro.
- Extreme care has been taken with all the details, as well as the blurring according to the depth, achieving a perfect and very natural effect.
- It transmits serenity to the spectator, at the same time as contemplating a scene with a magnificent result.
- It is probably an engraving from a book.