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Description: Source unknown, to be determined.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'I.B. Martin' after own design. Jean-Baptiste Martin, le jeune (b.1700) was a French 18th c. painter of military subjects.
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Subject: Antique print, untitled. This print shows shows Saint Simeon Stylites on a pillar, with hunters with bow and arrow. Saint Simeon Stylite was a Christian ascetic saint who achieved fame for living 37 years on a small platform on top of a pillar near Aleppo in Syria.
Condition: Good, given age. Something uneven in left lower. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 19.1 x 16 cm. The image size is ca. 12.6 x 8.1 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.5 x 6.3 inch. The image size is ca. 5 x 3.2 inch.
Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Part of letters BV?
Location: C188-30
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