Maerten de Vos (1532-1603), Sophronia Tarentina, 1570-1618

Copperplate; dimensions: 177 x 224 mm; signed fawn M. de Vos inven., Joan. Collaert sculp., Adrian Collaert excudit

Plate from a series of 24 engravings depicting hermits and women's cloistered religious congregations, Solitudo, sive vitæ foeminarum anachoritarum, ab Adriano Collardo collectæ atque expressæ: A. Cornelio Kiliano Dufflaeo Carmine elegiacoexplanatæ, published by Cornelis Kliaan, Antwerp 1570-1618. Attention is drawn to the beautifully rendered landscapes.