Cort, C. (ca. 1533-1578). The adoration of the Trinity

Engraving, 52 x 37.3 cm, after Titian (1488 to 1490-1576) (in the same direction as the painting), signed "Cornelio Cort fe.", "Titianus", "Cum Privilegio" and dated 1566 in lower margin in the plate, mounted at upper corners under passe-partout. Good impression on paper, w. large unidentified watermark, trimmed to/ near the plate mark. Central horizontal fold. A very good copy for such a large print. Hollstein/ Bierens de Haan 111.

Description of the British Museum: "The Adoration of the Trinity ('La Gloria'); above in the heavenly clouds, the Holy Spirit flanked by God and Jesus seated and holding spheres; they are encircled by a cast of biblical figures including among others, Moses, Ezekiel, Joseph (holding up a model of the ark) and David with a zither; among the figures at right are Charles V and Empress Isabella draped in white, Philip II and Titian's self-portrait. (...) This engraving was one of the six that Cort produced for Titian in the years 1565-66. Titian had painted a picture of this subject (now in the Prado), and sent it to the Emperor Charles V in 1554."