Aegidius Sadeler II
Aegidius Sadeler II was a printmaker of the late Renaissance whose etchings and engravings carried the ornamental vocabulary of classical antiquity and the Italianate figure into Northern European collections. His burin work is distinguished by precise linear control, visible especially in the Antique Vases series after Polidoro da Caravaggio, where serpent handles, griffins and dancing nymphs are rendered with archaeological care. This archive holds eleven of his sheets, ten of them etchings and engravings in the second state of three described by Bartsch, alongside a single engraving. The impressions date from 1600 to 1605 per the Met's records, a range that may include later printings of the same plates.
11 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
