Titelpagina voor: Bartholomaei Fisen, Leodiensis e Societate Jesu ((...)), 1642.
Michel Natalis
1642
Medium
engraving
Dimensions
280; 180
About this artwork
plaatrand: hoogte 280 mm x breedte 180 mm
Art Historical Context
Welcome to our virtual gallery, where we spotlight *Titelpagina voor: Bartholomaei Fisen, Leodiensis e Societ Jesu*, an exquisite engraving by Michel Natalis from 1642. Measuring 280 mm high by 180 mm wide, this title page served as the elegant frontispiece for a by Bartholomaeusisen, a scholar from Liège and member of the Society of Jesus. Natalis, a skilled Flemish engraver of the Baroque era, crafted this piece with meticulous line work typical of 17th-century book illustration, capturing the grandeur suited to ecclesiastical texts. Created amid the Counter-Reformation, when Jesuits like F...