Aegidius Sadeler II
Pieter Brueghel

CultureFlemish
Titles
  • Pieter Brueghel
Date1606
MediumEngraving
Dimensions305 × 211 mm
Plate or block: 12 × 8 1/4 in. (30.5 × 21 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 12 1/16 × 8 3/8in. (30.6 × 21.3cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1999.17
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance[Hill-Stone, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1999.



Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscriptions: in oval frame: PETRVS BRVEGEL EX AMBIVARITIS BELGA PICTOR AEVI HVIVS INTER PRINCIPES; at lower left: Bar. Sprangers Inuentor.; below image: Ars Naturam vicerat, nisi et Ars per Naturam esset: Natura Artem aeternarat, nisi et Naturae nihil aeterni esset. Alumnus Altricem / aemulatus, quâ licuit adsecutus est: Altrix Aemulum alumnata, quâ datum prosecuta est. apagè liuor, Artem Naturae, Naturae foedus / sociat: apagè dolor, Naturam Arti, Artis foetus sufficit. Viuit in Arte Natura, quam Patris manus expressit: Viuit in Naturâ Ars, quam Fili / Genius adsequitur. illam, Naturâ ambiente Virgo Tritonis, Heroum choris inseruit: hunc, Arte prensante Majânatus Olifer, deses flumen / reduxit. redáccende facem Lucifuge, inique facis nisi Patrem in Filio noscis: adtolle tubam Terrigena, nihil agis nisi uterque tibi superstes est. / Patrem Filio, hunc in illo, sibi, utrumque seculis; Artis, Naturae / Posteritatis, cultor, admirator, amator Sac. Caes. Mai. sculptor / Egidius Sadeler, exhibet. M.DC.VI

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