Jan Sadeler I (aka Johannes Sadeler; Johann
Sadeler) (1550–1600)
“Saint Landelinus”
(TIB title)—aka Landelin of Crespin; Lando; Landolin; Landolinus of
Lobbes (c.1625–c.686), monastery founder and abbot in Hainaut (see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landelin_von_Crespin),
1595–1600, after a lost drawing by Maarten de Vos (aka Maarten
de Vos; Maerten de Vos) (1532–1603), plate 17 in the series, “Oraculum
Anachoreticum” (aka “Hermits”), published by Jan Sadeler in Venice with
privilege from Rudolf II of Habsburg.
Engraving on fine laid paper, trimmed around the
platemark and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.
Size: (sheet) 16.8 x 20.9cm.
Inscribed in plate within the image borderline: (lower left)
"Ioa[n] Sadeler fe. vos fi.”; (lower right) “Cum priuil. Su[m]mi Pont. et Sac.
Cæs. Maies.”
Lettered in plate below the image borderline: “LANDELINVS
…/ …// 17// …/ …/ …aquas.”
State i (of ii) before the erasure of the number “17”.
TIB 7001.417 SI (Isabelle de Ramaix 2001, “The
Illustrated Bartsch: Johan Sadeler I”, vol. 70, Part 2 [Supplement], New York,
Abaris Books, p. 290, cat. no. [7001].417); Hollstein 447 (1980, vol. 21, cat.
no. 447); Hollstein 1067 (1995–96, vol. 44, cat. no. 1067).
The British Museum offers the following description of
this print:
“St Landelinus praying
before a water spring in a cliff with monks constructing a hut above; a
hillside with various dwellings and a chapel; plate 17; after Maarten de Vos” (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1958-0712-237
[BM inv.no. 1958,0712.237).
Condition: a strong and near faultless lifetime
impression, trimmed around the platemark and laid upon an
archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper. The sheet is in an
excellent (near perfect) condition for its considerable age with no tears,
holes or stains.
I am selling this incredibly beautiful engraving executed
with great subtlety—note how the engraver has darkened the immediate background
around the lit side of the saint and lightened the background on the saint’s
shadow side—for the total cost of AU$340 (currently US $216.53/ EUR 205.72/ GBP
170.60 at the time of this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and
handling to anywhere in the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes
imposed by some countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$340)
as this is my currency.
If you are interested in purchasing this simply
glorious print—a lifetime, first state impression—executed with the most sensitive of
touches, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you
a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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