Rudolph II

1603

Aegidius Sadeler II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 33.8 x 25.5 cm (13 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 34.2 x 25.5 cm (13 7/16 x 10 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2000.155.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 323

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Swann Galleries, New York, 9 November 2000, no. 244); (David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Hans von Aachen. Compiled by Joachim Jacoby and edited by Ger Luijten and Robert Zijlma. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 1996, no. 93.

Inscriptions

around portrait in oval: RVDOLPHVS II. ROMANORVM IPERATOR AVGUVSTVS RES HVNGARIAE, BOHE: ETC.; lower center in plate: S.C.Mtis. pictor Iohan / ab Ach Inventor; across bottom of plate: AVGVSTISSIMO, INVICTISSIMO, SAPIENTISS...AEGIDIVS SADELER.ANNO M.D.C.III

Wikidata ID

Q76335137

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