Jan sadeler engravings near

“Christ Appearing to Saint Paul” [TIB title] (aka “Christus verschijnt aan Paulus in het legerkamp” [Rijksmuseum title]; “Cristo Appare A S. Paolo”), c.1580, plate 3 from the series of 4 plates, “Scenes from the Life of the Apostle Paul” (aka “Scènes uit het leven van de apostel Paulus”; “Episodi della vita di S.

Paolo”) after a lost drawing by Maarten de Vos (aka Marten de Vos; Maerten de Vos) (1532–1603), published by Jan Sadeler I.

Engraving on laid paper trimmed with thread margins around the platemark.

Size: (sheet) 25.5 x 21; (image borderline) 23.6 x 20.3 cm.

Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower left corner) “JS [ligature letters] adler Fe”.

Lettered in plate below the image borderline: (centre) “Sequenti autem nocte assistens ei Dns [Dominus], ait constans esto: sicut enim testificatus/ es de me in Ierusalem [Jerusalem], sic te oportet et Romæ testif