Hercules and Omphale
Aegidius Sadeler, II
c. 1600
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 44.1 × 31.8 cm (17 3/8 × 12 9/16 in.); Sheet: 44.6 × 32.4 cm (17 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
249831
About the Artist
Aegidius Sadeler, II · 1570–1629
Aegidius Sadeler II was born in Antwerp around 1570 into the most distinguished printmaking dynasty of the sixteenth century. The Sadeler family — spanning Jan I, Raphael, and Aegidius I — dominated the European print trade from their Flemish base, and Aegidius II was trained by his uncle Jan Sadeler I, under whom he was listed as a pupil in the records of the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke in 1585. He...