Jan Sadeler I (aka Johannes Sadeler; Johann Sadeler) (1550–1600) possibly in
collaboration with Raphael Sadeler (1561–1628)
“Saint Or” (a saint from Syriaco
[Egypt] and a martyr of Antinoë), 1585, after a drawing by Maarten de
Vos (aka Maarten de Vos; Maerten de Vos) (1532–1603) (Isabelle de
Ramaix [2001] in TIB, vol. 70, Part 2 [Supplement], advises that the drawing is
with an art dealer [see p. 204 for details]), plate 20 in the series, “Solitudo
sive vitae patrum eremicolarum” (aka “Mannelijke kluizenaars”), published by
Jan Sadeler I in Antwerp.
Engraving on laid paper with a
narrow margin around the platemark.
Size: (sheet) 17.3 x 21.6 cm;
(plate) 16.7 x 21.3 cm; (image borderline) 15.2 x 20.8 cm.
Inscribed on plate within the
image borderline on the barrel at the lower right corner with ligature monogram:
“IS/ excu.”
Lettered and numbered on plate
below the image borderline: “OR deserta colens paucis accessa, flagrantes/ Ad
Dominum fudit nocte dieq[ue] preces.// 20// Huic plu[v]ialis acqua, et iunctæ
sil[v]estrib[us] herbis/ Crudæ radices, potus et esca fuit.”
Lifetime impression, state i
(of ii) before the erasing of the plate number (“20”) of the second state.
TIB 7001.368 S1 (Isabelle de
Ramaix 2001, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Johan Sadeler I”, vol. 70, Part 2
[Supplement], New York, Abaris Books, p. 204, cat. no. [7001] .368 S1); Hollstein
(Sadeler) 397; Hollstein (Vos) 984; Le Blanc, no. 121; Wurzbach, no. 113;
Edquist, p. 64, no. 74a; Nagler 1835–52, no. 135.
vHMML (an initiative of the
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library) offers the following description of this
print:
“Engraving depicting St. Or,
from the series ‘Solitudo sive vitae patrum eremicolarum’, one of the five
hermit series produced by de Vos between 1580 and 1600. The saint is shown
kneeling by a cross resting on the ground before him. A small structure built
into a tree nearby holds an image of the Virgin and Child. To the right, a cask
is covered by a shade, with a drinking bowl hanging from the stick propping it up.
Rain is depicted in the forest background; a rivulet of water flows into a
pitcher. … Probably designed in Antwerp by de Vos and engraved and published in
Munich by the Sadeler family” (https://w3id.org/vhmml/museum/view/1688).
See also the description
offered by the Rijksmuseum: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.168572.
Condition: well-printed early
impression showing no sign of wear to the printing plate with a narrow margin
around the platemark. The sheet is in near pristine condition for its
considerable age (i.e. there are no tears, holes, folds, losses, abrasions,
stains, foxing or signs of use).
I am selling this very
beautiful lifetime impression from 1585—note the superb early representation of
rain behind the praying saint—for the total cost of AU$312 (currently US$219.90/EUR188.80/GBP172.46
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.
If you are interested in
purchasing this amazing engraving 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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