(43 of 55) Johan Calvinus
Copper engraving by Pierre Woeiriot (1532-1599) 1566 - dimensions: 13,3 x 10.3 cm.
Calvin with cap and beard, in profile, facing left. Two fingers of his right hand are pointing upwards. In his left hand he is holding an open book.
Marginal inscription: JOHAN CALVINVS VERE THEOLOGVS ECCLESIASTES GENEVEN.
Below: Calvin's emblem: "The heart in the hand"
At the bottom, his motto: PROMPTE ET SINCERE (determined and sincere)
See: DOUMERGUE, Émile: Iconographie Calvinienne. Lausanne 1909, No. 171 |
