{"product_id":"the-life-of-christ-engraving-from-the-evangelicae-historiae-imagines-by-hieronymus-nadal-1593-p-2","title":"The Life of Christ- Engraving from the Evangelicae Historiae Imagines by Hieronymus Nadal 1593 P.82","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003eThe Evangelicae Historiae Imagines book included 153 engravings illustrating key events from the life of Christ based on the liturgical Gospels. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThis is an engraving titled \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChrist and the mother of the sons of Zebedee\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, created by Antonie Wierix (II) after a design by Bernardino Passeri. The print depicts the mother of the sons of Zebedee kneeling with her sons Christ, requesting that they sit beside him in his kingdom. The scene is set with a large palm tree, and Christ's other disciples are shown watching the event. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003eTranslation:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334540064\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA. King Herod, by whose order Jesus was held before he healed the blind man in Jericho.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334540390\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eD. Jesus with the disciples.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334540716\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC. Mary Salome approaches, asked Christ for her sons, that they may sit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334541042\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eB. Jesus answers, You do not know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334541368\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eD. Herod Agrippa kills James in Jerusalem.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334541694\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eE. Christ's crucifixion, because he remembered with them what he was about to drink.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-huuid=\"12765710257334542020\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eF. John the Evangelist before Trajan in a vat of boiling oil in Rome before the Latin gate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003eIgnatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuit order, commissioned the project, which Nadal oversaw, though both died before its completion. \u003cspan style=\"color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003eThis pioneering series of engravings was created to help Jesuit novices with meditation on the Gospels as part of their spiritual exercises. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #222222;\"\u003eThe engravings, showing the life, death and resurrection of Christ, were made by some of the best Flemish engravers, including the Wierix brothers at Antwerp, Jan II and Adriaen Collaert, Charles de Mallery, after drawings by the Italian painter Bernardo Passari and a few after Maarten de Vos. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003eThe book became an important source for Spanish Colonial Art. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #222222;\"\u003eThe present famous print series of the life of Christ soon became a highly important work for Jesuit missionaries and, moreover, a masterpiece of Flemish engraving at the end of the 16th century, engraved by some of the best Flemish engravers of its time in exceptional quality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #222222;\"\u003eMr. Christopher W. Charles purchased a collection of these prints over 30 years ago from a Sotheby's auction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; color: #222222;\"\u003ePublished in Antwerp in 1593\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Century Schoolbook',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hieronymus Nadal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43495272185944,"sku":null,"price":125.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/1954\/9272\/files\/9E42BDF9-FE57-4E4E-B6F1-6653C8EE93B5.jpg?v=1765259931","url":"https:\/\/salishseacharts.org\/products\/the-life-of-christ-engraving-from-the-evangelicae-historiae-imagines-by-hieronymus-nadal-1593-p-2","provider":"Salish Sea Charts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}