Prints and Principles

Most of the recent posts give details about individual prints and earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable. For prints that are unsold, click "Items still available for sale" below. All other prints are no longer available. My contact email is oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com and my Instagram username is @printsandprinciples. I have created a separate blog to show my own work: https://printsandprinciplesjamesbrown.blogspot.com

Monday, 3 March 2025

Jan Sadeler I, “Stoning of Christ”, 1582, after Maarten de Vos

Jan Sadeler I (aka Johannes Sadeler; Johann Sadeler) (1550–1600)

“Stoning of Christ” (Rijksmuseum title) (aka “The Jews Want to Stone Christ” [TIB title]), 1582, the final engraving in a series of four plates, “Four Scenes from the New Testament” (TIB 7001.178–.181), after a lost drawing by Maarten de Vos (aka Maarten de Vos; Maerten de Vos) (1532–1603), published by Jan Sadeler.

Engraving on laid paper, trimmed along the image borderline with loss of the writing edge and backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 23.7 x 20.4 cm; (image borderline) 23.4 x 20.3 cm

Inscribed in plate: (on strep) “Joan. Sadeler. sculpsit et excud. Coloniæ Agripp: 1582 D. vos inue[n]tor.”

TIB 7001.181 (Isabelle de Ramaix 1999, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Johan Sadeler I”, vol. 70, Part 1 [Supplement], New York, Abaris Books, pp. 218–19, cat. no. [7001] .181), Hollstein Dutch (vol. 21) 191; Hollstein Dutch (vol. 44) 400; Nagler 96; Le Blanc 41; Wurzbach 83; Edquist (p. 109) 24.

The Rijksmuseum offers the following description of this print: “Christ leaves the temple of Jerusalem because the Jews want to stone him. In the foreground, stones are being picked up by some men. The print has a Latin caption with a Bible text (John 10) and is the last print in a series of four” (https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200247807).

Condition: a strong and well-printed impression, trimmed around the image borderline and laid onto a support of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins. There are minor restored spots, such a pin holes in the upper left corner, and a few minor stains, otherwise the sheet is in a good condition for its considerable age.

I am selling this exceptionally fine engraving showing great subtlety in its execution—note how the engraver has expressed the drama of Christ’s departure with the billowing jagged edge of his cloak and, interesting for me, how the curve of the shading of his lower hand as it grasps the cloak follows the flow of the movement—for AU$329 (equivalent to approximately US$204, EUR 194.51, or GBP 160.65 at the time of listing) and includes Express Mail Service (EMS) postage and handling to any worldwide destination. Please note that any import duties or taxes levied by the destination country are the responsibility of the buyer and are not included in the purchase price. Payment is requested in Australian dollars (AU$329).

If you are interested in purchasing this rare engraving, 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