A Forest with a Wooden Bridge on the Right, from Eight Scenes from Bohemia
c. 1610
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 23.5 × 36.3 cm (9 5/16 × 14 5/16 in.); sheet: 29 × 41.6 cm (11 7/16 × 16 7/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268495
Art Historical Context
Nestled within Aegidius Sadeler II captivating series *Eight Scenes from* (c. 1610), *A Forest with a Wooden Bridge on Right* invites viewers into the lush, untamed landscapes of early 17th-century Bohemia. This exquisite engraving, measuring nearly 14 by 9 inches on its plate, captures a dense woodland pierced by a rustic wooden bridge on the right, evoking the region's natural splendor and serene paths. Sadeler, a Flemish engraver from the renowned Sadeler family dynasty of printmakers, honed his craft across Europe, including at the imperial court of Rudolf II in Prague—a vibrant hub of Man...
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...