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Jan Sadeler (1550-1600) - Original 16th Century Engraving. Jan Sadeler (Antwerp, 1550-1600). Engraving after Maarten de Vos. Inscribed M de Vos fig. J Sadeler auctor et scalptor excudir. Likely published early 17th century. On laid. Has been laid down historically on additional laid backing paper. Unsigned. Toning and some staining consistent with age. Loss at the lower right corner as shown. The left edge and upper right corner are somewhat tatty. Some creasing where the paper has been laid down.From a collection of early scriptural engravings we have acquired by Jan (Johannes) Sadeler, Flemish draughtsman, engraver and publisher. Sadeler belonged to a productive and commercially astute family of printmakers that was involved internationally in printmaking and publishing for several generations during the 16th and 17th centuries. He began work as a steel-chiseller or damascener but moved to Antwerp, where he was admitted to the Guild of St Luke in 1572 as a copperplate engraver. It was probably through Christoph Plantin's publishing house that Jan came into contact with members of the Dutch Reformed Church with which he had close links. Jan engraved illustrations for Plantin. It was probably in Antwerp also that he met Maarten de Vos, with whom he and his brothers collaborated for many years. However, during his Antwerp years Jan engraved principally after the works of Crispin van den Broeck (1523-c. 1590) and Michiel Coxcie. Jan Sadeler travelled to Cologne and Antwerp (1582-85), to Frankfurt (1585). He worked in Munich at the court of the Bavarian court (1589-95) then went to Italy (1597) where he worked until his death in Venice. Our collection includes depictions from Genesis 1 to 7 after Maarten de Vos.
