Abstract
The article links the drawing of Martin de Vos (inv. R-7200), in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, with the engraving for which it was a modello. This allows us to identify the hermit as St. Bavo and to date the drawing 1593–1594, thus correcting the previous proposals of 1585/86 or about 1600. The Moscow sheet is one of about 120 drawings created by M. de Vos for five series of engravings depicting pious hermits, which indicates a great interest in this topic at that time Consideration of these series and their further functions reveals their connection with the world of Catholic Europe, the ideas of the Counter-Reformation and the teachings of Ignatius Loyola, which revived the cult of the holy hermits and preached solitude, for reflection and prayer, as a way towards spiritual improvement in accordance with Christian values.
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