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

ArtistNetherlandish, c. 1532–1603
CultureNetherlandish
Titles
  • Sol (Sun), from "Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci" (The Seven Planets)
Date1585
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 9 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (23.3 × 24.1 cm)
Sheet (trimmed): 9 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (23.7 × 24.4 cm)
Board (2-ply): 16 1/4 x 12 in.
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.7.2
Non exposé

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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: SOL

Lettered in matrix, right bottom edge: Joan. Sadler sculp. et excud. / M. de Vos figura.

Lettered below matrix in four columns: REGIONES / ÆMILIA, Alpes, Apulia, Bohemia, / Chaldæa, Gallia, Italia, Phoenicia, / Sabina, Sicilia, Turcia. /

Sidera per duodena regit SOl aureus orbem. / Carior at reliquis illi Leo flammiger. Alpes, / Et regit Italiam, Siculos, Apulosq[ue], Bohemos, / Phœnissas gentes, Apamenaq[ue] rura, Sabinos. /

Æmiliam, Orchiniam, et vallatæ mœnia Romæ, / Atq[ue] Syracusas, & stagna vadosa Ravennæ. / Ille noua imperia, et magna cum laude triumphos / Claraq[ue] constituet devicto ex hoste Tropæa. /

CIVITATES / Confluentia, Cremona, Damas= / cus, Linzium, Praga, Revenna, / Roma, Syracusa, Ulma.
Verso: Stamp in black ink, lower right: GR / v.LEPELL / S. [encircled]
Verso: Stamp in black ink, lower left: KOPFERSTICH=SAMMLUNG DER KONIGL: MUSEEN [encircled, text around the edge with crest in the center]
Verso: Stamp in brown ink, lower left: *B* / Veräussert / * / K. K. [encircled]
Catalogue raisonnéHollstein 1381 (Maarten de Vos) Hollstein 518

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