Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ seen in profile, holding an orb in his left hand and raising his right hand in the sign of a blessing; rays of light emit from his head; composition placed in a circle; the circular margin is lettered with Latin text; in the corners of the square frame encasing the circle are symbolic objects, including the cross, a ladder, a lantern and a sword; around this square is a decorative border with floral flourishes; below the image, a cartouche, with a decorative border, containing four lines of Latin verse; copy after Crispin de Passe. 1601-1612

1600-1612

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1889-0816-4-3

engraving

engraving