Antique eighteenth-century copper engraving with St Simon the Apostle standing in a wooded landscape, holding the saw of his martyrdom. Below, beside the name, his article of the Creed: "La Santa Yglesia Catolica".
Antique eighteenth-century copper engraving with St Simon the Apostle standing in a wooded landscape, holding the saw of his martyrdom. Below, beside the name, his article of the Creed: "La Santa Yglesia Catolica".
It 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: 2.9 x 4.1 in (7.3 x 10.4 cm)
Condition: Fair; image legible, the paper toned with scattered rust spots and a small crease at the upper right corner