Raphael Sadeler (1560-1632), from a drawing by Marten de Vos
Peter the Hermit
"PETRVS Eremicola in somins sibi cernere visus Christum, qualis erat, cum rediuiuus erat.
Christus ait. Solymis exi, Solymosa reuertens Duc Italos, Gallos duc loca in ista duces."
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, represent Christ appearing to Peter the Hermit sleeping in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre.
Assembled in beautiful artisanal frame.