Abrégé des vies des principaux fondateurs des religions de l'Église

Résumé du livre

Collaboration between the brothers Théodore and Cornelis Galle illustrating the now mostly lost paintings from the Choir of the Benedictine Abbey of Liessies, northern France. Each subject is provided with a brief biography by the Jesuit author Etienne Binet (1569-1639). Theodore made designs from the original paintings which were then engraved by Cornelis to produce portraits of Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, early Church Fathers, founders of religious orders, Liessies most revered abbot, Louis de Blois (1506-1565) and recent Saints such as St. Ignatius Loyola, St. Theresa of Avila and St. Philip of Neri, all within richly detailed borders. The portraits were dispersed or burned following the French Revolution but some are still to be seen in neighbouring churches. Cf. Bookseller's blurb.