Copy of St. Eustachius after Albrecht Dürer
Copy of St. Eustachius after Albrecht Dürer
1498
Placidus, a hunter of the Emperor Trajan (98 - 117), is shown hunting a stag,carrying a radiant crucifix between its antlers. Placidus falls off his horse. He hears the voice of of Christ: "Why are you persecuting me?... I am Christ, who created heaven created the heavens and the earth, I let the light arise and divide the darkness.
After repeated apparitions, including to his wife, he and his family were baptized and given the name Eustachius.About the copy after Dürer in Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, see Eduard A.Šafařík, Giorgio Torselli: La Galleria Doria Pamphilj a Roma, 1982, p.178, no. 306. A painted copy after the famous and popular engraving by Albrecht Dürer's famous and popular engraving has already been mentioned in Joseph Heller: DasLeben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer's, Bamberg 1827, pp. 859-860; the owner at the time was given as : C. Werlich in Rudolstadt.
photo 2015, Theo Noll
Copy of St. Eustachius after Albrecht Dürer
1498
Upper half of the picture
Placidus, a hunter of the Emperor Trajan (98 - 117), is shown hunting a stag,carrying a radiant crucifix between its antlers. Placidus falls off his horse. He hears the voice of of Christ: "Why are you persecuting me?... I am Christ, who created heaven created the heavens and the earth, I let the light arise and divide the darkness.
After repeated apparitions, including to his wife, he and his family were baptized and given the name Eustachius.About the copy after Dürer in Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, see Eduard A.Šafařík, Giorgio Torselli: La Galleria Doria Pamphilj a Roma, 1982, p.178, no. 306. A painted copy after the famous and popular engraving by Albrecht Dürer's famous and popular engraving has already been mentioned in Joseph Heller: DasLeben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer's, Bamberg 1827, pp. 859-860; the owner at the time was given as : C. Werlich in Rudolstadt.
photo 2015, Theo Noll
Copy of St. Eustachius after Albrecht Dürer
1498
Detail with castle
Placidus, a hunter of the Emperor Trajan (98 - 117), is shown hunting a stag,carrying a radiant crucifix between its antlers. Placidus falls off his horse. He hears the voice of of Christ: "Why are you persecuting me?... I am Christ, who created heaven created the heavens and the earth, I let the light arise and divide the darkness.
After repeated apparitions, including to his wife, he and his family were baptized and given the name Eustachius.About the copy after Dürer in Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, see Eduard A.Šafařík, Giorgio Torselli: La Galleria Doria Pamphilj a Roma, 1982, p.178, no. 306. A painted copy after the famous and popular engraving by Albrecht Dürer's famous and popular engraving has already been mentioned in Joseph Heller: DasLeben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer's, Bamberg 1827, pp. 859-860; the owner at the time was given as : C. Werlich in Rudolstadt.
photo 2015, Theo Noll
Copy of St. Eustachius after Albrecht Dürer
1498
Placidus kneeling
Placidus, a hunter of the Emperor Trajan (98 - 117), is shown hunting a stag,carrying a radiant crucifix between its antlers. Placidus falls off his horse. He hears the voice of of Christ: "Why are you persecuting me?... I am Christ, who created heaven created the heavens and the earth, I let the light arise and divide the darkness.
After repeated apparitions, including to his wife, he and his family were baptized and given the name Eustachius.About the copy after Dürer in Palazzo Doria Pamphilij, see Eduard A.Šafařík, Giorgio Torselli: La Galleria Doria Pamphilj a Roma, 1982, p.178, no. 306. A painted copy after the famous and popular engraving by Albrecht Dürer's famous and popular engraving has already been mentioned in Joseph Heller: DasLeben und die Werke Albrecht Dürer's, Bamberg 1827, pp. 859-860; the owner at the time was given as : C. Werlich in Rudolstadt.
photo 2015, Theo Noll
