PrintsNetherlandish16th century

The Sun

1585

Artists

Johann Sadeler IArtist

Maerten de VosArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

plate: 23.6 × 24.5 cm (9 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 26 × 33 cm (10 1/4 × 13 in.)

Provenance

[Hill-Stone, New York] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 2002, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

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