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Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar

Aegidius Sadeler II

ca. 1595–1605

Anagram in Honor of Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar by Aegidius Sadeler II

Medium

Pen and brown, red and black ink, brown wash, white gouache; incised construction lines

Dimensions

Sheet: 15 3/8 × 12 in. (39 × 30.5 cm)

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Daniel Ergmann Gift, 2014

Accession Number

2014.104

Tags

EaglesDogsCoat of ArmsCrownsLions

Art Historical Context

Created around 1600 by the Flemish draftsman and engraver Aegidius Sadeler II, this intricate sheet honors Charles III, Duke of Lorraine and Bar, through a visual anagram. Sadeler, who worked extensively at the imperial court in Prague, specialized in refined allegorical designs that blended portraiture, heraldry, and emblematic imagery. The drawing’s prominent display of lions, eagles, dogs, crowns, and coats of arms celebrates the duke’s lineage and authority while inviting viewers to decipher the layered textual and symbolic puzzle. Executed in pen with brown, red, and black inks, brown wa...

About the Artist

Aegidius Sadeler II · 15681629

Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague

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