Beati Qui Lugent, Quoniam Ipsi Consolabuntur. (Matt. 5.4). Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle

Original engraving executed with burin by Harman Jansz van Muller, after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin.
Proof on watermarked laid paper, work from the early 17th century.
This is an illustration of the Gospel according to Matthew 5-4, "Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted!" (the second of the eight beatitudes, pronounced by Jesus during the Sermon on the Mount).
Latin inscription in the lower part of the engraving: "Macte animo, pastus fletu quem, moeror & eger Luctus agit; nam te solamina grata manebunt. Rore rigat plantas Christi lachrymosa fideli Magdala, hinc venia & sequitur lustratio mentis.". Artists' signatures in the plate. Numbered mention "2" in the lower right corner of the engraving, and manuscript notation "40" in the margin in the upper right corner. An old manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the right corner of the plate mark. Watermark of a crown visible by transparency. Minimal foxing mainly marginal, small corner dampstains, without affecting the engraving, otherwise very fine condition for this extremely rare engraving of great freshness. Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin (1498 in Heemskerk - October 1st, 1574 in Haarlem), is one of the major portraitists and history painters of the Netherlands. He is famous for his series of the Seven Wonders of the World. The engraver Harman Jansz van Muller worked with Cornelis Cort (also known as Cornelio Fiammingo), and may have been his pupil.