Carcere clauduntur nigro mandate senatu Discipuli, sed lux Divina repagula porte Perfregit, duxitque viros ad limina templi, Sacra quibus iussum est miisteria pandere Christi. (Ac. Cap.5.19.) Gravure originale du XVIIe siècle

Original engraving executed with burin after a 16th-century painting by Maerten Jacobszoon Heemskerk van Veen or Maarten van Heemskerck, Marten, Maerten, Martin.
Impression on watermarked laid paper, work from the early 17th century. This is an illustration of a passage from the Acts of the Apostles, 5.19-20: "But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.". Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Artist's signature in the plate. Numbered notation "10" in the lower right corner, within the engraving. Manuscript notation "143" in the margin in the upper right corner of the plate. An early manuscript annotation in Greek characters below the plate mark. Crown watermark visible by transparency. Occasional light foxing and small dampstains principally marginal, otherwise very handsome 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 1, 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.