Canonica Sacerdos albata; S. Catharinae sacerdos, interiore vestitu albata extimo & carbaso qua caput Velat, atrata, 1455; Laica ordinis S. Catharinae albata; Sacerdotum candidatum ordo praeter carbasum capitis atrum albatus
The engraving represents four nuns of different religious orders. On the left, a Canonical Cleric clothed in white wears her hair wrapped in a scarf to form two rounded horns at the sides of her head, a ruff and a cloak over her long habit with long sleeves with ruffled cuffs. She holds a handkerchief (?) in her hands. A cleric of the order of St. Catherine wears a white habit under a long overcoat with long, wide sleeves, scapula and short veil, all of black color. She holds a small book in her hands. A member of the Lay Order of St. Catherine, wears veil, scapula and loose habit with long, wide sleeves, all in white. The fourth cleric wears a white white habit and scapula and a short, white cambric veil. She holds a small book and a rosary in her hands.
Artwork Details
- Title: Canonica Sacerdos albata; S. Catharinae sacerdos, interiore vestitu albata extimo & carbaso qua caput Velat, atrata, 1455; Laica ordinis S. Catharinae albata; Sacerdotum candidatum ordo praeter carbasum capitis atrum albatus
- Artist: Abraham de Bruyn (Flemish, Antwerp 1540–1587 Cologne (?))
- Publisher: Joos de Bosscher (Netherlandish, active Amsterdam 1587–died 1591)
- Date: 1581
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Image: 8 9/16 × 11 15/16 in. (21.8 × 30.3 cm)
Frame: 10 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (26.6 × 35 cm)
Sheet: 21 5/16 × 16 5/16 in. (54.2 × 41.5 cm)
Book: 21 7/8 × 16 3/4 × 1 15/16 in. (55.5 × 42.5 × 5 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921
- Object Number: 21.44(137)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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