Print Description
A man has sown wheat in his field and is sleeping under a tree. The devil sows weeds among the wheat. Christ and some figures stand on the path in the middle of the landscape.
Made by Simon Frisius after Jacob Savery.
Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 22.7 x 17.6 cm (8.94 x 6.93 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Damage in top left corner, backed. Paper loss in middle of print, remargined. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SOWER-SERVANTS-SLEPT-ENEMY-DEVIL-SOWED-TARES-WHEAT | PCO-E18-20
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
“Landschappen met sc?nes uit het leven van Christus” (series title) published by Hendrick Hondius (I) in The Hague.
Reference: New Hollstein Dutch 6-1(2).
Biography engraver: Simon de Vries or Simon Wynouts Frisius (ca. 1570/75-1628/29) was a Dutch engraver, etcher, draughtsman and calligrapher, born in Harlingen. He spent a few years in Paris but returned to the Netherlands, where he would spend his final days in The Hague. His prints show a very distinct style and mannerist character. .
Biography artist: Jacob Savery or Jacob Savery the Elder (1566 – buried 23 April 1603) was a Flemish painter, etcher and draughtsman. He was trained in Antwerp and later moved to the Dutch Republic after 1584. He specialised in still lifes, animals, landscapes en genre paintings.
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