The Temptation of Christ

1582

Jan Sadeler I, after Maarten de Vos

Associated Names
Jan Sadeler I

Artist, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Maarten de Vos

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1532 - 1603

This is a drawing of a landscape with figures at the top of a cliff and a detailed cityscape below. The composition features two figures standing on a rocky outcrop on the left. The cliffside is textured with foliage and trees growing at various angles. Below the cliff, a landscape stretches out, showcasing a valley with rivers, towns, and distant mountains, under a sky filled with clouds. The line work and shading create depth and detail, reminiscent of the Dutch or Flemish school of the late Renaissance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Susan Hill in Honor of Curator Gregory Jecmen

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 22.9 × 19.9 cm (9 × 7 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2020.18.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein 189, State only

  • Series Title

    Scenes from the Life of Christ

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vol. XXI (Johannes Sadeler I, Dieuwke de Hoop Scheffer, author). Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1980: no. 189.

Inscriptions

upper right, in plate: Joann: Sadler. Scalps: 1582; upper right, in plate: Vos inuet:; verso, top right, in graphite by a later hand: 63.926; top center, in graphite by a later hand: 239L .16; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: APG 17474

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