NINE PORTRAITS OF CHRISTIAN SAINTS AND MARTYRS, ENGRAVED BY FREDERIK BOUTTATS (1590-1661 AD), CIRCA 1650 AD; THE BORDERS IRAN, 18TH CENTURY

NINE PORTRAITS OF CHRISTIAN SAINTS AND MARTYRS
ENGRAVED BY FREDERIK BOUTTATS (1590-1661 AD), CIRCA 1650 AD; THE BORDERS IRAN, 18TH CENTURY
Each engraving with a portrait of a saint or martyr, identified in Latin and Arabic scripts as Christ Salvator Mundi (Salbatur), saint Thomas, saint Andreas (Andris), saint Petrus (Tadeus), saint Matthaeus (Matius), saint Philippus (Filipus), saint Matthias (Matit), Saint Joannes (Juwash), saint Iacobus Minor (Jakub), each with added watercolour highlights, individually laid down on card, with gilt and polychrome illuminated margins with floral scrolls and palmette, identification cartouche at top
Each engraving 3 5/8 x 2½in. (9.2 x 6.3cm.); card 13¼ x 8¼in. (33.6 x 21cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 10 October 2014, lot 228