Raphael Sadeler (1560-1632)
Raphael Sadeler (1560-1632) - Eagle Killing a Scorpion / Pozzoserrato / Description: This engraving shows a scene from Aesop's fables. It shows a landscape with a group of people crossing a high round bridge with watermill's floating on the river beneath. At left of centre an eagle killing a scorpion., a city on the river in background; after Lodewijk Toeput. Signed in the plate at bottom left corner. Companion piece to a print by Jan Sadeler I (Hollstein 583). C. 1599. This is a fina and rare print, not in British Museum, not in Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. / Dimensions: 20,80 x 27,50 cm Good impression on watermarked laid paper. Full plate border and tread margins. Very good condition. / Literature: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (222)
