Jan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after Jacopo Bassano - The...

A 16th-century master engraving titled "The Adoration of the Shepherds", engraved and published by the Flemish master Jan Sadeler I (1550–1600) in Venice, dated 1599 after a design by the Italian Renaissance master Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo dal Ponte, c. 1510–1592). The corresponding painting from c. 1562-1563 is preserved in the Oskar Reinhart Collection in Winterthur, Switzerland. Inscriptions & Signatures (within the plate): Lower left: "I. Ponte Bassa. pinx." & "cu priuil. Sum. Pontif. et S. Cæs. Mai." Lower center: "Joa. Sadeler scalpsit et excud. Venetijs. 1599." Margins: Features a two-line Latin dedication to Leonardo Mocenigo, the elected Bishop of Ceneda and Count of Tarzo: "ILL.mo AC R.mo D.D. LEONARDO MOCENIGO ELECTO EPISCOPO, & PRINCIPI / CENETENSI, AC COMITI THARSI, PATRONO NOSTRO COL.mo D.D." Reference: Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700), no. 183. Condition: Framed behind glass and passepartout. Mild foxing, consistent with age, mostly on the passepartout. The frame has some damage. Dimensions: 22cm x 30cm Frame: 42cm x 47,5

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