The ancient prints - Engravings

SAN FRANCESCO SAVERIO (1506-1552)
Etching and engraving engraving, mm. 402x262
"P. P. Rubens pinxit "(bottom left); "S. à Bolswert sculp. "(in the center below); "Cum privilege" (right).
Inscriptions: "S. FRANCISCVS XAVERIVS obijt year M.D.LII, initae Societatis XIII. verus Orientis Apostolus, cuius manu
quinque supra viginti mortui vitae incomes, supra / decies centena millia salutaribus aquis dyed: stitit verb exercitus, pluit oratione
cineres, sedavit oceans tempestates, nobilissimarum victoriarum auctor et vaticinator, omniumq (ue) / prope aegritudinum
depulsor, finit bliss vitam dum Sinarum subijcere Christo regna parat. à SS.D.N. Greg. XV. A. 1622. 12 Martij
in Sanctorum numerum relatus. "; (dedication): "ILL.MO AC REVERENDISS. DOMINO D. IACOBO BOON, ARCHIEPISCOPO
MECHLINIENSI, BELGICAE PRIMATI, / B. ET S. A BOLSWERT FRATRES DD.CC.Q. ".