Beschrijving
Half-length portrait of a man praying in a chapel before a crucifix and rosary. Caption: ‘R.D.Mr. Joannes Merius, pastor in Spanbroeck &c. Obiit ao. MDCLII. Febr. XIX. Aet. LXIII’.
Etching and engraving on laid paper, by Cornelis Visscher (II) after his own design, ca. 1650, sheet size: 462 x 304 mm., margins cropped to or over the platemark, a tiny restoration in the top left corner (outside of image area). Johannes de Meer ofr Joannes Merius(1588-1652) was a Dutch cleric, pastor in Spanbroeck.
Ref.: Hollstein 152 (2/II); Dutuit 103; Muller 3571.
