Antique Print-PORTRAIT-RUDOLF II-HABSBURG-Sadeler-1609

Portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. Rudolf II (1552-1612) was Holy Roman Emperor (1576-1612), King of Hungary and Croatia (as Rudolf I, 1572-1608), King of Bohemia (1575-1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria (1576-1608). He was a member of the House of Habsburg.

Made by Marco Sadeler after Aegidius Sadeler .

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.5 x 31 cm (8.86 x 12.2 inch). Image size: 22 x 27.5 cm. (8.66 x 10.83 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-RUDOLF II-HABSBURG | PORTRAIS – MISC

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Source: unknown, to be determined.

Biography engraver: Marco Sadeler was a member of the Sadeler family, a large and successful dynasty of Flemish engravers that were dominant in Northern European printmaking in the later 16th and 17th centuries. The Sadelers worked as both artists and publishers, and their work was often hard to distinguish due to the similarity in style.

Biography artist: Aegidius Sadeler or Aegidius Sadeler II (1570-1629) was a Flemish engraver who was principally active at the Prague court of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor and his successors. He was also a member of the Sadeler family, a large and successful dynasty of Flemish engravers that were dominant in Northern European printmaking in the later 16th and 17th centuries. The Sadelers worked as both artists and publishers, and their work was often hard to distinguish due to the similarity in style.