Antique Drawing-HOLY FAMILY-JESUS-MARY-JOSEPH-HOLY SPIRIT-I. Sadeler-Anonymous-c

Subject: Antique drawing, titled: ‘Spiritus Domine super me …’ – Antique print shows the Holy Family: Mary and Joseph with the baby Jesus, the Holy Spirit as a dove, and an angel.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Print attached to carrier sheet. Some minimal surface damage in the caption below the image. Drawing edge has a decorative gold taped border. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Pen and ink drawing on laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 18 x 23.9 cm. The image size is ca. 12.5 x 18.8 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 7.1 x 9.4 inch. The image size is ca. 4.9 x 7.4 inch.

Part Number: 51963

Location: (PCO) Q1-295 / PCO-Expo-219

Description: This drawing after an 1598 engraving by Jan Sadeler (Hollstein 32). Age: c. 1630.

Artists and Engravers: Made by ‘Anonymous’ after ‘I. Sadeler’. Jan / Johannes Sadeler I (1550-1600): The Sadeler family were the largest, and probably the most successful of the dynasties of Flemish engravers that were dominant in Northern European printmaking in the later 16th and 17th centuries, as both artists and publishers. The Sadelers were descended from “chasers,” engravers of armour, from Aalst. Jan or Johannes de Saeyelleer or Sadeleer had three sons, all usually called “Sadeler”: Jan I (1550 Brussels – 1600 Brussels or possibly Venice), Aegidius I (c. 1555 Brussels – c. 1609 Frankfurt am Main) and Rafael I (1560/61 Antwerp – 1628 or 1632). Another Sadeler, Marcus or Marco, was a printer and perhaps publisher who was working in Haarlem in c. 1586-87, and is presumed to be a member of the family, though it is not known where he fits in. Jan I was the father of Justus (c. 1572-c. 1620) and Marcus Christoph (active 1614 to after 1650). Aegidius I was the father of Aegidius II (c. 1570-1629 Prague). Rafael I was the father of Rafael II (1584 – 1627 or 1632), Jan II (c. 1588 – 1665 or later) and Filips (c. 1600, active to 1650). Aegidius II was the father of Tobias, who was active from 1670-75 in Vienna.