Antique eighteenth-century copper engraving with St Matthias the Apostle standing in a landscape, leaning on the lance of his martyrdom and with a group of houses behind. Below, beside the name, the article of the Creed assigned to him: "La resurreccion de la carne, y la vida perdurable".
Antique eighteenth-century copper engraving with St Matthias the Apostle standing in a landscape, leaning on the lance of his martyrdom and with a group of houses behind. Below, beside the name, the article of the Creed assigned to him: "La resurreccion de la carne, y la vida perdurable".
The print belongs to a series of apostles in which each figure carries an assigned article of the Creed, widely current in Spanish household devotion.
Medium: Copper engraving
Date: 18th century
Dimensions: 3.0 x 4.1 in (7.5 x 10.5 cm)
Condition: Good; image clean, the paper with light toning and some soft creases at the edges