Peter Bruegel

1606

Aegidius Sadeler

Aegidius Sadeler (Flemish, c. 1570–1629)

Prints

Peter Bruegel, 1606. Aegidius Sadeler (Flemish, c. 1570–1629), after Bartholomaeus Spranger (Flemish, 1546–1611). Engraving; sheet: 30.1 x 20.4 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of P. & D. Colnaghi Co. 1925.1218

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Sadeler, Aegidius, II
Classification: Print
Formatted Medium: engraving
Medium: engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 30.1 x 20.4 cm (11 7/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Inscribed: Inscription: around portrait, in plate: PETRVS BRVEGEL EX AMBIVARITIS BELGA PICTOR AEVI HVIVS INTER PRINCIPES ; lower left, in plate: Bar. Sprangers Inventor. ; across bottom, in plate: Ars Naturam vicerat, nisi et Ars per Naturam esset: Natura Artem æternarat, nisi et Naturæ nihil æterni esset. Alumnus Altricem / æmulatus, quâ licuit adsecutus est: Altrix Aemulum alumnata, quâ datum prosecuta est. apagè liuor, Artem Naturæ, Naturæ foedus / sociat: apagè dolor, Naturam Arti, artis foetus sufficit. Viuit in Arte Natura, quam Patris manus expressit: Viuit in Naturâ Arts, quam Fili / Genius adsequitur. illam, Naturâ ambiente Virgo Tritonis, Heroum choris inseruit: hunc, Arte prensante Majânatus Olifer, deses flumen / redixit. redáccende facem Lucifuge, inique facis nisi Patrem in Filio noscis: adtolle tubam Terrigena, nihil agis nisi uterque tibi ßuperstes est / Patrem Filio, humc in illo, sibi utrumque seculis; Artis, Naturæ / Posteritatis, cultor, admirator, amator Sac. Cæs. Mai. sculptor / Egidius Sadeler, exhibet. [infinity symbol] . IC[reversed]C . VI .
Departments: Prints
Accession Number: 1925.1218
Credit Line: Gift of P. & D. Colnaghi Co.
Exhibitions: Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints, Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620, Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/3/97 - 10/26/97. "Mannerism: Italian, French, and Netherlandish Prints, 1520-1620."
Rights Statement: CC0