Antique Master Print-ZECHARIAH-STONING-OLD-TESTAMENT-Sadeler-Vos-c.1581-1582

Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Gothic P.

Sheet size: 20.2 x 25.7 cm (7.95 x 10.12 inch). Image size: 20.2 x 25.7 cm. (7.95 x 10.12 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Trimmed to plate close to platemark. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ZECHARIAH, MARTYRDOM, PROPHET, STONING, MAERTEN DE VOS, SADELER, OLD TESTAMENT | PCO-A56-20

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

From the Scenes from the Old Testament series, ca. 1581-82. Printed by or for the Sadeler workshop.

Reference: Hollstein XLIV.54.205; Hollstein XXI.100.122.

Early edition.

Biography engraver: Johann Sadeler I (1550-1600/01), Flemish engraver and member of the prolific Sadeler family, known for religious and allegorical prints. Aegidius Sadeler I (ca. 1555?1609) was active in Venice and Germany and closely collaborated with his brothers.

Biography artist: Maarten de Vos (1532-1603), Antwerp-born painter and designer, prolific draftsman for religious series, whose work influenced a generation of Northern printmakers.