Saint Philip

Hendrik Goltzius

National Gallery of Art

The image shows an older man seated from the waist up. His face is round with distinguished features, his hair is thin and curly, and he is wearing a robe. In his left hand, he holds a staff that ends in a cross, while his right hand rests on his chest. An open book is in front of him. The background shows a detailed landscape with hills and distant buildings. The text below the image reads, “Descendit ad inferna, tertia die resurrexit a mortuis.”