Raphael Sadeler (1560-1632), from a drawing by Marten de Vos
Palemon Hermit
"Vita PALAMONIS fuit hec iuueniq. PACHOMII, Ducere fila, preces fundere, dura pati.
O par empyreo dignum: cui sola voluptas, Posse voluptas spernere, posse pati."
Original etching on coeval copper plate. From:
SOLITUDO SIVE VITAE PATRUM EREMICOLARUM Per antiquissimum Patrem D. Hieronimum eorundem primarium olim conscripta: iam vero primum aeneis laminis idà ioannis et Raphael Sadeler frairù imprensis scampt: et excusa.
This etching, datablel on 1580, represents the Palestinian Hermit Palemon, while reading the Bible.
Assembled in beautiful artisanal frame.