Parabolarum evangelicarum typi elegantissimi à Crispiano Passæo designati et expresso - Passe, Crispijn van de 1564-1637; Vos, Maerten de 1532-1603 (Cologne Passe, van de, 1604)
"The most elegant types of evangelical parables designed and copied by Crispian Passaeus"
set of 11 engraved roundels, hand coloured (extremely exceptional!), with a Latin verse surrounding each scene
Contains plates exemplifying the typographic advances of Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, a Dutch engraver, draughtsman, print publisher and ancestor of a family of internationally active and renowned engravers.
Created over a number of years, the series was finally published by de Passe in Cologne, where his family settled after being expelled from Antwerp. Van de Pas also published series of engraved roundels for The Twelve Months, The Ages of Man, The Muses, and several others.
one plate is dated 1596
4 plates are designed by Flemish artist Maerten de Vos, whose wife was de Passes’s wife’s aunt.
Keywords: 16th Century (1501-1600); 17th Century (1601-1700); Religion; Iconography; Emblem; Fine art; Netherlands