Rocky Landscape with The Stigmatization of St. Francis
c. 1590-1620
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.9 × 27.4 cm (8 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.); sheet: 26.7 × 32.5 cm (10 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268330
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
In the late 16th to early 17th century Flemish engraver Aegid Sadeler II crafted *Rocky Landscape with Theigmatization of St.*, a masterful print capturing the miraculous moment when St. Francis of Assisi received wounds of Christ from a heavenly seraph. Created around 1590–1620, this work exemplifies the Northern Mannerist style, blending intricate religious narrative with dramatic natural scenery. Sadeler, part of a renowned family of engravers active across Europe—from Antwerp to Prague—excel in reproductive prints that popularized paintings for a wider audience. Rendered as an engraving o...
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...