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Jan Sadeler I
Jan Sadeler I
Jan Sadeler I

Jan Sadeler I

Flemish, 1550 - 1600
BiographySADELER, John. This eminent engraver was born at Brussels in 1550 The profession of his father was to engrave ornaments on steel and iron to be inlaid with gold or silver and John Sadeler was brought up to the same business At a very early age however he applied himself to the study of the human figure which he drew correctly though with the stintless and formality usual at that period in the artists of his country He was nearly twenty years of age before he commenced engraving on copper when he executed some plates from the designs of Crispin Vanden Broeck which were so favorably received that he was encouraged to devote his attention entirely to engraving He travelled through Germany to Italy where he divested himself in a great degree of the dry and hard manner which is discernible in his earliest works His plates are executed with the graver only in a neat clear style and discover the hand an able artist His drawing is generally correct and there is a fine expression in his heads John Sadeler engraved with equal success portraits and historical subjects His prints are very numerous of which the following list comprises the most deserving of notice.
He died at Venice in 1600 For a more list of his engravings see Nagler Some say he lived till 1610 but the latest date quoted is Joa Saileler sculpsit Venetiis An D 1600

Bryan, Michael, and George Stanley. 1849. A biographical and critical dictionary of painters and engravers, from the revival of the art under Cimabue ... to the present time: with the ciphers, monograms, and marks, used by each engraver. London: H.G. Bohn.

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