Mare (The Sea)

c. 1587

Jan Sadeler I

Artist, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Jan Sadeler I

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ramon Osuna

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.5 × 22.6 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 23.7 × 34.2 cm (9 5/16 × 13 7/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.209.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 527

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (not in Lugt?). Ramon Osuna, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2018.

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: no. 527

Inscriptions

top center in image: MARE; lower left in image: T. B. Amst: ivet / Joa: Sadeler sculps.; lower center in plate: Quem penes arbitrium vas ti manet aequoris omne / Per tua, Neptune o regna tridente potens. / Da facilem ratibusque vian facilesq recursus / Hanc Deus humanis adijce rebus opem.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: 176/11; by later hand, lower right in graphite: 19296

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