Print Description
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.
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