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Print, St. Cecilia

This is a Print. It was print maker: Jan Sadeler, the Elder and after Marten de Vos. It is dated ca. 1580. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of George Campbell Cooper. It is credited Bequest of George Campbell Cooper.

Its dimensions are

Plate: 21.4 × 27.1 cm (8 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. Paper: 23.5 × 29 cm (9 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed bottom right: "Ioan. Sadler sculp. et excud./ M. de Cos figurauit."

It is inscribed

Over it is an inscription tablet: "PRECATIO D. CAECILIAE/PRO VIRGINITATE CON-/SERVANDA ORANTIS." Bottom margin: a poem, beginning: "VIRGO, fida Dei sponsa; ending: "At Diuum excipiat locus. D.R.LD."

Cite this object as

Print, St. Cecilia; Print Maker: Jan Sadeler, the Elder (ca. 1550 – 1600); After Marten de Vos (Flemish, 1532-1603); Netherlands; engraving on paper; Plate: 21.4 × 27.1 cm (8 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. Paper: 23.5 × 29 cm (9 1/4 × 11 7/16 in.); Bequest of George Campbell Cooper; 1896-3-91

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