Saint Servatius.

Engraving, 7 x 5,5 cm, laid paper, signed in the plate with monogram "M" at lower left (age-related toning).

Very rare engraving from a Flemish prayer book by an anonymous artist who signed his prints with the letter M. He was associated with a monk in Sint-Truiden. Saint Servatius was also a saint affiliated with the Limbourg region (esp. Maastricht).
Prov. Henry Ralph Mowbray Howard (stamp, Lugt 1318).
Ref. A. Andresen, "Beiträge zur älteren niederdeutschen Kupferstichkunde des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts", Archiv für die zeichnenden Künste 14 (1868), pp.1-56. - Nagler IV:1463.6. - Hollstein XIII:36.
Joined: Anonymous - Father of the Church (St. Ambrose?) at his writing desk. With a sm. vignette of the Holy Spirit pasted in the upper left corner (covering a hole). Italian (?), ca. 1490-1500. Engraving, 7,5 x 5 cm, laid paper, unsigned. (2 pcs)