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Jan Sadeler I

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Maker

Jan Sadeler I (early Netherlandish, 1550-1600), printmaker
After Jacopo Bassano (Italian, 1510-1592), associated artist/maker

Title

The Adoration of the Shepherds

Year

1599

Medium

  • engraving

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • engraving

Materials

engraving

Supports

  • Medium weight cream laid paper mounted on medium weight cream laid paper

Dimensions

21.9 x 29.5 cm (8 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in blue pencil, LR corner:2103; in pencil, LL:(illeg)No. 4; in UR:21/21 Verso:in black ink, UL:N59; in LC:Collectio AugustinusArnold.In Plate--In LL corner:I. Ponte Bassa. pix(line over i); in LL:cu(line over u) priuil.Sum.Pontis.et S. Caes. Mai.in LC:Joa. Sadeler. scalpsit. et excud.Venetijs 1599.

Marks: Watermark:Crown with crescent on it. Augustinus Arnold collector mark in brown ink on verso (not in Lugt)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Lyra Brown Nickerson, by exchange

Object Number

82.105

Type

  • Prints

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

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Jan Sadeler I (early Netherlandish, 1550-1600), printmaker
After Jacopo Bassano (Italian, 1510-1592), associated artist/maker
The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1599
engraving
21.9 x 29.5 cm (8 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches) (plate)
Gift of Lyra Brown Nickerson, by exchange 82.105

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