Antique Master Print-ALLEGORY-NIGHT-VESPERA-QUAIL HUNTING-Sadeler-c.1600

Avond Verspera’ (Evening Verspera.) Allegorical depiction with hunters hunting for quail.

Made by Johann Sadeler (I) after Dirck Barendsz.

Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 22.2 x 16.7 cm (8.74 x 6.57 inch). Image size: 22.2 x 16.7 cm. (8.74 x 6.57 inch).

Condition: good, given age. SHORT margins. Attached at top to a crrier sheet.. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ALLEGORY-NIGHT-VESPERA-QUAIL HUNTING | EXPO-DUTCH/FLEMISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The four parts of the day (series title).

Biography engraver: Johann (or Jan) Sadeler (I) (1550-1600) was a Flemish engraver from the famous dynasty of printmakers, the Sadeler family. Jan I was the father of Justus (ca. 1572 Antwerp – c. 1620) and Marcus Christoph (b. Munich, active 1614 to after 1650). .

Biography artist: Dirck Barendsz or Theodor Barendszoon (1534-1592) was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian masters, most notably Titian.