Jan I Sadeler

Sea

Jan I Sadeler
(Brussels, 1550 - Venice, 1600)

Original etching, 18x23 cm (whole sheet, with trimmed margins); signature on the plate in the lower left: "T. B. Amst. ivet. / Joa. Sadeler Sculps:"; (from Theodor Bernard of Amsterdam); didactic inscription engraved below:

Quem penes arbitrium vas ti manet aequoris omne
Per tua, Neptune à´, regna tridente potens
De facilem ratisbusqz viam facilesqz recursus
Hanc Deus humanis adijce rebus opem"

Beautiful and cataloged original engraving by the well-known Flemish artist, datable to Frankfurt 1587, from the work of Dirck Barendsz.
(Private collection)