Vita beatae Mariae Vir. Matris Dei emblematib[us] delineata

Callot, Jacques, 1592-1635, Bosse, Abraham, 1602-1676 · 1646 · [Paris? : Langlois? · 9 pictures

Vita beatae Mariae is a 1646 emblem book on the life of the Virgin Mary, made by the printmaker Jacques Callot and the engraver Abraham Bosse, probably in Paris, for devotional readers. Its small etched plates show landscapes with trees, birds, and figures, each numbered and paired with a symbolic meaning, and a designer might borrow their spare line work, open horizons, and compact framing for quiet, classical-style scenes.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

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