Sancta Euphrolyna, from the series Female Hermits
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 5 11/16 x 3 5/8 in. (14.4 x 9.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.95.524(6)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This engraving, titled *Sancta Euphrolyna*, belongs to the series *Female Hermits* created between 1600 and 1633. Designed by Dutch artist Abraham Bloemaert and engraved by Boetius Adams Bolswert, it portrays the saint in a moment of spiritual devotion, accompanied by symbolic elements such as a cross. The compact format—measuring just under six inches tall—reflects the intimate scale typical of devotional prints meant for personal contemplation or small collections. Engravings like this played a vital role in the early modern period by making religious imagery widely accessible. Bloemaert, a...
About the Artist
Abraham Bloemaert|Boetius Adams Bolswert · 1566–1651
Abraham Bloemaert (1566–1651) was born in Gorinchem in the Dutch Republic, the son of architect Cornelis Bloemaert, and grew up in Utrecht after the family relocated there in 1575. His early artistic formation took him to Paris for three years in the early 1580s, where he studied with several masters before returning to the Northern Netherlands to pursue his career. He settled permanently in Utrec...