Conspectis constanter aquis, ardescere cepit Ennuchi fecunda fides, qui gurgite mersus Antiquos posuit lapsus, et nomine Christi Testatur totum purgatum lapsibus orbem. (Ac. Cap.8.38.) 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, 8.38-39: "And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more.". Latin caption in the lower portion of the engraving. Artist's signature in the plate. Numbered notation "15" 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, one skilful marginal restoration using a small piece of transparent filmoplast on the verso, 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.