Saint Ambrose, Church Father and Bishop of Milan seated in a church vault. He wears the bishop's robe and his mitre lies beside him on a bench. He is leafing through a book. Before him a beehive and a scourge, the personal attributes of St. Ambrose. The beehive refers to the swarm of bees that sat on his mouth when he was a baby. The scourge (with two buttons) refers to his efforts in eradicating Arianism (in the original print three buttons). The print bears an inscription with Ambrose's name and a Latin caption. The series concerns the four church fathers., Church Father Ambrose The four church fathers (series title), print maker: Roeland van Bolten, (mentioned on object), after: Giuseppe Cesari, (mentioned on object), Jacob Matham, print maker: Zwolle, (possibly), after: Rome, Haarlem, (possibly), publisher: Amsterdam, after 1600 - 1608, paper, engraving, h 291 mm × w 217 mm.

Saint Ambrose, Church Father and Bishop of Milan seated in a church vault. He wears the bishop's robe and his mitre lies beside him on a bench. He is leafing through a book. Before him a beehive and a scourge, the personal attributes of St. Ambrose. The beehive refers to the swarm of bees that sat on his mouth when he was a baby. The scourge (with two buttons) refers to his efforts in eradicating Arianism (in the original print three buttons). The print bears an inscription with Ambrose's name and a Latin caption. The series concerns the four church fathers., Church Father Ambrose The four church fathers (series title), print maker: Roeland van Bolten, (mentioned on object), after: Giuseppe Cesari, (mentioned on object), Jacob Matham, print maker: Zwolle, (possibly), after: Rome, Haarlem, (possibly), publisher: Amsterdam, after 1600 - 1608, paper, engraving, h 291 mm × w 217 mm

JACOB MATHAM (1571-1631)

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34.0 x 45.4 cm | 13.4 x 17.9 in (300 dpi)