SOME HIGH POINTS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES
(Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings)
(Dutch and Flemish Prints and Drawings)
- Anonymous, Christ Crowned
- van Leyden, A Young Man
- Claesz, St. Peter Seated
- att. to Aertsen, St. John
- Cort, Maria Magdalena
- Wierix, Perseus and Andromeda
- Sadeler, Annunciation
- Collaert, Italian Landscape
- Sadeler, May and June
- Sadeler, July and August
- Muller, Albert, Archduke of Austria
- Casembrot, A Galley at Anchor
- van Uden, Landscape with a Man
- Uyttenbroeck, Mercury Accuses
- Akersloot, View of Haarlem
- Rembrandt, The Descent
- Rembrandt, Beggars Receiving
- Rembrandt, Jews in Synagogue
- Rembrandt, Faust
- Rembrandt, The Pancake Woman
- Pupil Of Rembrandt, Old Woman
- Lievens, Jacques Gaultier
- Post, Public Executions
- Waterloo, Farmhouse
- Waterloo, The Little Hunchback
- Both, Two Hinnies
- Van Ostade, The Fiddler
- Van Ostade, The Breakfast
- Fyt, Set of Animals
- Nolpe, Four Gentlemen
- Suyderhoef, Peasants in an Inn
- Berchem, Animalia
- Everdingen, The Mineral Springs
- Dujardin, Man and Two Donkeys
- Zeeman, Harbor Scene
- Visscher, Angel Appearing
- Bega, The Family
- van der Cabel, River Landscape
- Schoonebeck, Frontispiece
- Dusart, The Violinist
- Gole, Backgammon Players
- Pickaert, The Five Senses
- Tanjé, Pieter Tanjé
- Le Loup, View of the Town
- Soeterik, Boaters on a Lake
- Jongkind, Jetée en Bois
- Rops, La Messagère
- Toorop, Venise Sauvée
- Van Hoytema, Ducks in a Pond
- de Bruycker, Autour le Chateau
- Nieuwenkamp, Tooren van Amersfoort
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7. Johan Sadeler I (1550-1600) after Maarten De Vos Annunciation to the Shepherds with a Choir of Angels |
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Annunciation to the Shepherds with a Choir of Angels
Engraving, 1587, 392 x 304 mm., Hollstein 181, TIB 150 only state. Very fine, sharp impression on strong laid paper with partial thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark, showing the full text above and below. The work contains the full engraved musical score of a nine-part motet by Andreas Pevernage on the text of the Gloria, each part being held by a different angel. The musical work may be performed from this print, which is one of a small group, most by Sadeler, that actually mark the historical beginning of music engraving. The angel in the lower center carries a banderole with the annunciation: “Fear not, I bring you tidings of great joy…” The original design by De Vos is lost and the print itself is quite rare, particularly so in the almost perfect condition of this impression. It is a superb conception, quite apart from its musical significance, and superbly executed by Sadeler.