St. James the less

Etching, 1550 circa, lettered in lower right corner 'FP'.

Good example, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed at margins, in good condition.

The etching reproduces, in reverse, the corresponding etching of the Monogrammist FP (Bartsch, XVI, p. 22 n. 10).

The etching is part of a series of six, engraved, three to three, on two plates, all in reverse after the originals by Monogrammist FP, which engraved (c. 1550) the complete series of the Twelve Apostles.

From Grelle Iusco (Index de'Rossi 1735, page 429), we know that these anonymous copies has engraved on the recto of plates that on verso had been engraved to depict Sixtus V (1585 - 1590).