La cena ad Emmaus

Bulino, 1590 circa, firmato in basso a sinistra "HGoltzius. Inuent. / I Matham sculpt.". Nel margine sotto l’immagine, due versi in latino di C. Schoneus "Discipuli . pectus." Da un disegno di H. Goltzius.Magnifica prova, ricca di toni e ben contrastata, impressa su carta vergata coeva, con filigrana “stemma araldico con aquila” rifilata alla linea del rame, lievissimo foxing nel margine sotto l’immagine, nel complesso ottimo lo stato di conservazione. Engraving, c.1590, lettered in lower left corner "HGoltzius. Inuent. / I Matham sculpt. In the margin two lines of Latin "Discipuli . pectus." by "C.Schoneus". After a drawing by H. Goltzius.Magnificient example, dark mpression, printed on contemporary laid paper with “coat of arms with eagle” watermark, trimmed close to platemark, sporadical foxing in the margin beneath the image.Interior of an inn with Christ seated at a dining table with two disciples, Christ holding a piece of bread and making a blessing gesture, the table is lit by two candles and light also radiates from Christ, a dog slumbers in the foreground at right. Cfr. Bartsch III.158.102; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 438 (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 45.I (Jacob Matham); Hollstein 60.