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The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Death visits the paupers' house. Engraving by Johan Sadeler after Jan van der Straet.

Lamech, holding a farming implement, points at a child; down in the street, various acts of uninhibited licence go on. Engraving.

God creates man and woman. Line engraving by E. Charpy after J. Sadeler.

Roman soldiers beat Christ before the high priest. Line engraving by J. Sadeler, 1589, after C. Schwartz.

The knowledge of good and evil, and the consequences of that knowledge, with Adam and Eve and the serpent. Engraving by J. Sadeler, 1583, after M. de Vos.

A female figure book keeping; representing arithmetic. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

An allegory of marriage: an angel pours water over the conjoined right hands of a gentleman and a lady. Engraving by Jan Sadeler after F. Sustris.

Apollo riding the chariot of the Sun across the heavens. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Plague, war and famine. Engraving by Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Apollo, god of literature, plays his harp; a town goes about its rituals. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. van der Straet, 1594.

An angel appears to some shepherds in the night. Engraving by J. Sadeler after J. Bassano.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by J. Sadeler I after G. Mostaert.

Episodes in the life of David, King of Israel. Engravings by Jan Sadeler, 158-, after M. de Vos.

Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo Fracastoro) shows the shepherd Syphilus and the hunter Ilceus a statue of Venus to warn them against the danger of infection with syphilis. Engraving by Jan Sadeler I, 1588/1595, after Christoph Schwartz.

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Jan Sadeler

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Images by Jan Sadeler

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Apollo riding the chariot of the Sun across the heavens. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by J. Sadeler I after G. Mostaert.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Episodes in the life of David, King of Israel. Engravings by Jan Sadeler, 158-, after M. de Vos.

Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo Fracastoro) shows the shepherd Syphilus and the hunter Ilceus a statue of Venus to warn them against the danger of infection with syphilis. Engraving by Jan Sadeler I, 1588/1595, after Christoph Schwartz.

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Jan Sadeler

Images from the collections

Images by Jan Sadeler

Works from the collections

Apollo riding the chariot of the Sun across the heavens. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Saint Jerome. Engraving by J. Sadeler I after G. Mostaert.

The Visitation of Mary to Elizabeth. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.

Episodes in the life of David, King of Israel. Engravings by Jan Sadeler, 158-, after M. de Vos.

Hieronymus Fracastorius (Girolamo Fracastoro) shows the shepherd Syphilus and the hunter Ilceus a statue of Venus to warn them against the danger of infection with syphilis. Engraving by Jan Sadeler I, 1588/1595, after Christoph Schwartz.

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