Pietà, Johann Sadeler (I), after Hieronymus Wierix, after Taddeo Zuccaro, 1580 - 1600

Title(s)

Pietà

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-OB-5837O

Catalogue reference

• Hollstein Dutch 279
  Remark: Sadeler
• Hollstein Dutch 715-copy
  Remark: Wierix

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 240

Description

De maagd Maria houdt de gestorven Christus in haar handen. Ze wordt geflankeerd door twee engelen met toortsen.

Artist

• print maker: Johann Sadeler (I)
• after design by: Hieronymus Wierix (possibly)
• after painting by: Taddeo Zuccaro (possibly)

Place

print maker: Antwerp
after painting by: Rome

Dating

1580 - 1600

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving

Measurements

height 145 mm × width 114 mm

What

• 'Pietà', 'Vesperbild', 'Marienklage' (no others present): Christ, either with or without crown of thorns, mourned by Mary (+ angel(s))

Acquisition

transferred 1816

Copyright

Public domain

Related

• Pietà, omringd door de passiewerktuigen

• The Wierix family : part V, Marjolein Leesberg, Zsuzsanna van Ruyven-Zeman, Jan Van der Stock, dl. 4, p. 73, p. 72 (afb.), cat.nr. 715 (copy)
• Aegidius Sadeler to Raphael Sadeler II : text, p. 128, cat.nr. 279
• De iconografie van de Contra-reformatie in de Nederlanden, p. 276