Jan Sadeler Elder (2 results)

Frankfurt a.M., 1588. Very large engraving. Christ with a child on his lap is sitting in front of an obelisk, around him mothers with children and the Apostles. Buildings in the background, in front a dog. In lower left corner signed and dated in the plate "Iodocos a Winge Bruxelensis inventur figurauit - Ioannes Sadeler (Bruxelensis) sculptor excudit. Francofurt ad Moenum 1588". 52,3 x 41,7 cm.*Hollstein, Dutch, XXII, 122, No. 196. Wurzbach (Sadeler) II, 539, No. 63: "Hauptblatt". Wurzbach (Winghe), II, 888, No. 13. Nagler XV, 553, No. 84: "schöne Komposition . Haupblatt". Main work of the Flemish engraver and publisher Jan Sadeler I, also known as Johannes Sadeler, who worked in Antwerp, Köln, München, Verona and Venice. The Flemish painter Joos van Winghe, also known as Jodocus/Jost van Winghe(n), worked in Parma, Rome and Paris, 1568 settled in Brussels where he became court painter to Alexander Farnese, count of Parma; in 1585 he moved to Frankfurt, where he died. - Lettering below image cut off: ("Sinite pueros, et ne prohibeatis eos ad me venire: talium est eni regnum coelorum"). Trimmed within plate-mark, outside image. A large and several smaller tears, some repaired. Some brown spots.[(6025)].

No Binding. Condition: Fair. Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger. Born 21 March 1546 in Antwerp, Belgium. Died 1611 in Prague, Czech Republic. Etching by Jan Sadeler the Elder (1550-1600), 1594. Reasonable condition. Margins almost trimmed to the border. Paper a bit soiled, with some minor, faint staining. Mounted onto old paper, with on verso traces of former mounting. Note: dimensions reflect the entire leaf. Dimensions: 145 x 83 mm. Bartholomeus Spranger was Painter, Draughtsman, Artist, Sculptor, and Print designer. Print.