Method | Etching |
Artist | |
Published | [c.1649] |
Dimensions | Image & sheet 154 x 115 mm |
Notes |
A half-length oval portrait of Francois Veron, with a depiction of an outdoor sermon in the background. Latin inscription surrounding oval, and French inscription beneath. Francois Veron (c.1575-1649) was a French Jesuit. Born in Paris, he joined the Jesuits at the age of twenty, and in 1622 received permission to preach in the streets and market-places of France. Veron wrote around eighty works during his lifetime including three anti-Jansenistic works, and some partial translations of the Bible. Condition: Small tear to left of sheet, not affecting image. |
Framing | unmounted |
Price | £35.00 |
Stock ID | 33036 |