The Coronation of the Virgin

1576

Jan Sadeler I after Maarten de Vos

Associated Names
Jan Sadeler I

Artist, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Jan Sadeler I

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Maarten de Vos

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1532 - 1603

This is a drawing of a religious coronation scene with three figures. Two figures are placing a crown on the head of a third figure. A dove is above them. The scene is surrounded by clouds and a landscape with a building below. The border includes allegoric figures and Latin text. The composition is detailed and features iconographic and textual elements.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.9 x 18.4 cm (10 3/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
    mount: 26.9 x 20.1 cm (10 9/16 x 7 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.50

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein 309

Artwork history & notes

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. 309

Inscriptions

upper center in plate: VENI DE LIBANO SPONSA MEA / VENI CORONABERIS / CANTIC; lower center in plate: Quia respexit humitatem... / ...Et sanctum nomen eius lucae i. cap. / Martinus de Vos inventor. ANTVERPIAE Johannes Sadeler fecit & excude. 1576

Wikidata ID

Q76559109

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