Zes staande heiligen, Titiaan, Nicolò Boldrini (attributed to), c. 1535

Title(s)

Zes staande heiligen

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-9415

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Zes heiligen, staand naast elkaar: Sebastiaan met pijl in zijn borst, Franciscus met kruis, Antonius met lelie, Petrus met sleutel, Nicolaas van Myra met boek en kromstaf en Catharina met palmtak van het martelaarschap.

Artist

• print maker: Titiaan
• Nicolò Boldrini (attributed to)

Place

print maker: Venice
Italy

Dating

c. 1535

Material

• paper
• ink

Technique

brush

Measurements

height 373 mm × width 531 mm

What

• the virgin martyr Catherine of Alexandria; possible attributes: book, crown, emperor Maxentius, palm-branch, ring, sword, wheel
• the bishop Nicholas of Myra (or Bari); possible attributes: anchor, boat, three golden balls (on a book), three purses, three children in a tub, three maidens
• the apostle Peter, first bishop of Rome; possible attributes: book, cock, (upturned) cross, (triple) crozier, fish, key, scroll, ship, tiara
• the Franciscan monk Antony of Padua; possible attributes: ass, book, crucifix, flowered cross, flaming heart, infant Christ (on book), lily
• founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), Francis(cus) of Assisi; possible attributes: book, crucifix, lily, skull, stigmata
• the martyr Sebastian; possible attributes: arrow(s), bow, tree-trunk

Acquisition

unknown 2006

Copyright

Public domain

• Titian and the Venetian woodcut, p. 177-179, cat.nr. 35