7 scenes of the Passion of Christ and 3 Saints.

10 engravings, ca. 30 x 20 cm, laid paper, mostly signed in the plate in lower margin "I.Messager exc.". (some marg. waterstains & wormholes).

Loose sheets

Nice set by Jean Messager (Paris, 1580 - 1649), engraver, editor and salesman of engravings: Passion after Dürer with Last Supper, Garden of Gethsemane, Betrayal by Judas and arrest, Flagellation, Condemnation by Sanhedrin, Crucifixion and Descent from the Cross. - Portraits of S. Bruno & S. Claudius : very nice oval copper engr. within an elaborate flower frame. - Portrait of S. Scholastica by J. Picquet.