Saint Catherine of Siena: Christ invites her to kiss the wound in his side and drink his blood. Engraving by V. Salimbeni, 1588.

[Rome]

1 print

Scias, spectator, dum toto cordis affectu ad caelestia bea. Catherina Senensis inhiaret, sponsum videt: ipse eam complexus, lateri aperto eius labia amabilia admovet, Virginemq(ue) cruoris potu inebriat. Ventura Salimbeni Senensis inventor fe 1588. Lettering continues: "Cum privilegio Summi Pontificis ac superior(um) permissu"

Not found in: Adam von Bartsch, Le peintre graveur, vol. XVII, Vienna 1818, pp. 189-194 (catalogue of engravings by Ventura Salimbeni)

Wellcome Collection 4606i