Johannes Sadeler I
Jupiter, from "Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci" (The Seven Planets)

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EngraverEngraved by Johannes Sadeler I Netherlandish, 1550–1600

Artistafter Maarten de VosNetherlandish, c. 1532–1603

PublisherPublished by Johannes Sadeler I , AntwerpNetherlandish, 1550–1600

CultureNetherlandish

Titles

Jupiter, from "Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci" (The Seven Planets)

Date1585

MediumEngraving on paper

DimensionsPlate: 9 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (23.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet (trimmed): 9 5/16 × 9 9/16 in. (23.7 × 24.3 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2016.7.4

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ProvenanceFriedrich Wilhelm Graf von Lepel, 1755–1826; Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, L. 1606, with deaccession stamp; August Laube Buch- under Kunstantiquariat, Zürich; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2016.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Titled in matrix, top center: IVPITER

Lettered in matrix, left bottom edge: Ioan. Sadler sculp. et excud. / M. de Vos figuravit.

Lettered below matrix in four columns: REGIONES / Arabia felix, Celtica, Dalmatia, Hispa= / nia, Misnia, Tyrrhenia, Ungaria. / CIVITATES / Auenio, Buda, Casconia, Mutina, / Narbona, Toletum, Volaterra. /

Iupiter alatis aquilis per sidera vectus; / Quippe aquilis semper gaudet Deus ille coruscus; / Quem Iuvenis nudo formatus mollior arcu / Præcedit, subeunt Pisces: dominatur opaco /

Euphrati, Assyrijs, Cilicum campestribus aris, / Pannoniæ, Calabris, extremisq[ue] æquore Iberis. / Hic membris tribuit neruos, et acumina cordi, / Et regale caput, nec delassabile pectus. /

REGIONES / Calabria, Cilicia, Garamantes, Lydia, / Normandia, Pamphilia, Portugalia. / CIVITATES / Alexandria, Composcella, Hispalis, Paren= / tium, Ratisbona, Rhotomagum, Vormatia.

Verso: Stamp in black ink, lower center: GR / v.LEPELL / S. [encircled]
Verso: Stamp in black ink, lower right: KOPFERSTICH=SAMMLUNG DER KONIGL: MUSEEN [encircled, text around the edge with crest in the center]
Verso: Stamp in brown ink, lower right: *B* / Veräussert / * / K. K. [encircled]

Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 1383 (Maarten de Vos) Hollstein 520

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