John the Baptist Preaching
a leaf from the
Evangelicae Historiae Imagines
copperplate engraving
signed: Hieronymus W. in the plate
wide margins
laid down on archival paper
A superb, rich and early impression
The Evangelicae Historiae Imagines was a compendium of the sequence
of events in the life of Christ. It was produced by Jerome Nadel (1507-1580)
And illustrated by the Wierix brothers, the Collaerts and van Mallery.