St. Sebastian
St. Sebastian vum flämesche Graveur Paulus Pontius (1603 – 1658) no engem Bild vum flämesche Moler Gerard Seghers (1591 – 1651); wéi och e berühmte Kartograph.
Dës Szen weist de Märtyrer St. Sebastian; deen eng réimesch Prätorian Garde war, déi als Chrëscht entdeckt gouf, deen och aner réimesch Zaldoten zum Chrëschtentum ëmgewandelt huet, nodeems seng Hiriichtung duerchgefouert gouf an hie fir dout gelooss gouf.
Hie gëtt gewisen mat sengen Hänn hannert dem Réck gebonnen an engem Seel ëm seng iewescht Äerm an un e Bamschnouer iwwer dem Kapp gebonnen.
Hien huet Pfeile, déi aus senger ënneschter Këscht erausstinn, seng riets Uewerschenkel, seng lénks Schanken (dëse Pfeil ass deelweis ofgebrach an en Deel vum Hit läit virun him um Buedem), a säi rietsen ieweschte Ënneraarm; wann e Kand Engel virun him erschéngt an ufänkt de Pfeil eraus ze zéien, deen a senger ënneschter Këscht läit.
Um Buedem ass e flotte Quiver mat engem Stoff driwwer drappt, souwéi e Bogen mat engem Pfeil op den ënneschten Deel vum Quiver dee mat Pfeile gefëllt ass.
Hannert him sinn e puer zousätzlech Bëscher a Planzen an e grousst Terrain mécht den Hannergrond mat grousse Wolleken iwwer dem Land aus.
Et gëtt och laténgesch Schreifweis um Buedem vun der Gravur, déi iwwer d'Szen ass, déi mir kucken.
Dëst ass eng remastered digital Konscht al Master Reproduktioun vun engem Public Domain Bild dat als verfügbar ass gewalzt Leinwanddruck online.
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De Paulus Pontius war e flämesche Kartograph a Graveur am spéide 16. a fréie 17. Joerhonnert., who became well known for his detailed maps and prints of the Low Countries, which were the coastal regions of Northwestern Europe, that consisted of Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg; particularly of the city Anterwp, that is the capital of the eponymous province in the region of Flanders in Belgium; as well as for his collaboration with the Dutch Brabantian cartographer Abraham Ortelius (1527 – 1598), who was also a geographer and cosmographer.
He was a significant figure in the development of Dutch cartography and played a prominent role in spreading geographical knowledge throughout Europe during the Age of Exploration, that began in the 1400s and continued through the 1600s, during the time when European nations began exploring the world.
Besides being a prominent cartographer, Paulus was also an accomplished engraver that created many religious and allegorical engravings in various style, including Mannerist, Baroque and Renaissance; producing works for illustrated books such as Bibles, prayer books, print scenes of religious and allegorical themes.
His work was well known for his skill in creating complex compositions filled with intricate details and vivid expressions; and he engraved many works after the works of the renowned painters of his time; sou wéi: Flemish Painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), Belgian Painter Frans Floris (1517 – 1570), Belgian Painter Antoon van Dyck (1599 – 1641), Flemish Painter Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 – 1625), and German Painter Hendrick Goltzius (1558 – 1617), an ugefaang mat ze schaffen.