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Engraving of many robed religious figures holding inscribed scrolls among branches, with decorative lettered cartouches on the left and bottom edges.

Saints and Blessed of the Augustinian Order, engraving after Oliviero Gatti, 1614

A dense engraved sheet filled with rows of tonsured and cowled religious figures, many holding scrolls inscribed with text, arranged among intertwining branches and tree-like forms. Cartouches with inscribed lettering frame the left and lower edges, and the crowded composition is printed in fine black line on aged paper.

Artist
Oliviero Gatti
Date
1614
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3121 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1614.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Saints and Martyrs17th century1610s1614engravingearly modern printcartouchesaintsscrollsreligious figurebranchaugustinian orderoliviero gattiblack and white

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