Johannes Sadeler I
Mercurius (Mercury), from "Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci" (The Seven Planets)
EngraverEngraved by
Johannes Sadeler I (Netherlandish, 1550–1600)Netherlandish, 1550–1600
Artistafter
Maarten de Vos(Netherlandish, c. 1532–1603)Netherlandish, c. 1532–1603
CultureNetherlandish
Titles
- Mercurius (Mercury), from "Planetarum effectus et eorum in signis zodiaci" (The Seven Planets)
Date1585
MediumEngraving on laid paper
DimensionsPlate: 9 5/16 × 9 9/16 in. (23.7 × 24.3 cm)
Sheet (trimmed): 9 3/8 × 9 11/16 in. (23.8 × 24.6 cm)
Board (2-ply): 16 1/4 x 12 in.
Sheet (trimmed): 9 3/8 × 9 11/16 in. (23.8 × 24.6 cm)
Board (2-ply): 16 1/4 x 12 in.
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.2016.7.7
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
217 Blaffer Galleries
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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Titled in matrix, top center: MERCVRIVS
Lettered in matrix, right center bottom edge: Ioan. Sadler sculp. et excud. / M. de Vos figuravit.
Lettered below matrix in four columns: REGIONES / Armenia, Brabantia, Cyrene, Flandria, Hircania, / Longobardia, Marmarica, Martiana, Sardinia. / CIVITATES / Antverpia, Bamberga, Brugæ, Cesena, / Corduba, Londinum, Lovanium, Norimberga, / Rhegium, Turinum, Vercellæ, Uiterbium. /
Mercurius venator opum, qui celsa galero / Temperat astra, suos vultus in virgine figit / Sub Geminis, studia alta colens, artesq[ue] decoras. / Virgine sub casta felix terraq[ue] mariq[ue] /
Est Rhodos, Ioniæq[ue] vrbes, & Dorica rura, / Arcades antiqui, celebrataq[ue] Caria fama. / Ille decus linguæ faciet, tum pectora doctis / Artibus instituet, superat cursumq[ue] loquendi. /
REGIONES / Achaia, Assyria, Babylonia, Corinthia, Creta, / Croacia, Græcia, Mesopotamia, Rhemi. / CIVITATES / Aretium, Basilea, Brundusium, / Corinthus, Cumæ, Hierosolyma, / Lutetia, Papia, Rhodus, Segnia.
Lettered in matrix, right center bottom edge: Ioan. Sadler sculp. et excud. / M. de Vos figuravit.
Lettered below matrix in four columns: REGIONES / Armenia, Brabantia, Cyrene, Flandria, Hircania, / Longobardia, Marmarica, Martiana, Sardinia. / CIVITATES / Antverpia, Bamberga, Brugæ, Cesena, / Corduba, Londinum, Lovanium, Norimberga, / Rhegium, Turinum, Vercellæ, Uiterbium. /
Mercurius venator opum, qui celsa galero / Temperat astra, suos vultus in virgine figit / Sub Geminis, studia alta colens, artesq[ue] decoras. / Virgine sub casta felix terraq[ue] mariq[ue] /
Est Rhodos, Ioniæq[ue] vrbes, & Dorica rura, / Arcades antiqui, celebrataq[ue] Caria fama. / Ille decus linguæ faciet, tum pectora doctis / Artibus instituet, superat cursumq[ue] loquendi. /
REGIONES / Achaia, Assyria, Babylonia, Corinthia, Creta, / Croacia, Græcia, Mesopotamia, Rhemi. / CIVITATES / Aretium, Basilea, Brundusium, / Corinthus, Cumæ, Hierosolyma, / Lutetia, Papia, Rhodus, Segnia.
Verso: Stamp in black ink, lower left: 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]
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 1386 (Maarten de Vos)
Hollstein 523
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