Antique copper engraving with St Serapion the martyr carried up among the clouds, bound to the timber and crowned by an angel with the palm. On the scroll, the Pauline text "Mihi autem absit gloriari, nisi in cruce Domini" (Gal. 6, 14).
Antique copper engraving with St Serapion the martyr carried up among the clouds, bound to the timber and crowned by an angel with the palm. On the scroll, the Pauline text "Mihi autem absit gloriari, nisi in cruce Domini" (Gal. 6, 14).
Signed in the copper: "V.te López lo dib." and "Fran.co Jordán lo g.º". The drawing is by the Valencian painter Vicente López, later first court painter to Ferdinand VII.
Medium: Copper engraving
Artist / after: Vicente López
Engraver / lithographer: Francisco Jordán
Dimensions: 2.6 x 3.5 in (6.5 x 9 cm)
Condition: Good; image sharp and paper clean, with light toning