Description: Source unknown, to be determined. State: Only state. Ref: Hollst. 612. Provenance: Earl of Portland (no mark) With remnants of a drawing in red chalk verso.
Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Johannes Sadeler I' after own design. Johannes Sadeler I (1550-ca. 1600) was a member of the engravers family Sadeler. He worked in Bavaria and Italy. The Sadeler family were the largest, and probably the most successful of the dynasties of Flemish engravers that were dominant in Northern European printmaking in the later 16th and 17th centuries, as both artists and publishers. The Sadelers were descended from "chasers," engravers of armour, from Aalst. Jan or Johannes de Saeyelleer or Sadeleer had three sons, all usually called "Sadeler": Jan I (1550 Brussels - 1600 Brussels or possibly Venice), Aegidius I (c. 1555 Brussels - c. 1609 Frankfurt am Main) and Rafael I (1560/61 Antwerp - 1628 or 1632). Another Sadeler, Marcus or Marco, was a printer and perhaps publisher who was working in Haarlem in c. 1586-87, and is presumed to be a member of the family, though it is not known where he fits in. Jan I was the father of Justus (c. 1572-c. 1620) and Marcus Christoph (active 1614 to after 1650). Aegidius I was the father of Aegidius II (c. 1570-1629 Prague). Rafael I was the father of Rafael II (1584 - 1627 or 1632), Jan II (c. 1588 - 1665 or later) and Filips (c. 1600, active to 1650). Aegidius II was the father of Tobias, who was active from 1670-75 in Vienna. Friedrich Sustris (ca. 1540-1599) was an Italian-Dutch painter, decorator and architect. He was a student of Giorgio Vasaris and his father, the artist Lambert Sustris, who worked in Italy. From 1573 onwards Sustris worked for William V, Duke of Bavaria in Landshut before he became chief architect to the Bavarian court with William's accession to the throne in 1579.
Subject: Antique Master Print, titled: 'Serenissima Renata Lotharingiae ac utrisquae Bavariae Ducissa.' - Portrait of Renata of Lorraine.
Condition: Good, given age. Cropped to the image edge. A horizontal crease over the image. Remains of crayon. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 12 x 15.8 cm. The image size is ca. 12 x 15.8 cm.
Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 4.7 x 6.2 inch. The image size is ca. 4.7 x 6.2 inch.
Medium: Engraving on hand laid paper.
Location: TPCLA-C9-26
SKU: 51070
Section: LATPC-PORTRAITS
