Joachim Patinir
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 7 3/8 × 6 3/4 in. (18.8 × 17.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Fletcher Fund, 1919
Accession Number
19.73.121
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Art Historical Context
This engraving, titled *Joachim Patinir*, presents a dignified portrait of the Flemish painter Joachim Patinir (c. 1480–1524), celebrated as one of the first artists to elevate landscape as the primary subject Northern Renaissance painting. Created through the medium of engraving by Aegidius Sadeler II after a design associated with Albrecht Dürer, the print captures the sitter with precise line work and subtle tonal modeling typical of the technique. Its modest size—roughly 7 by 7 inches—made it ideal for circulation among collectors and scholars across Europe. The collaboration reflected in...
About the Artist
Aegidius Sadeler II|Albrecht Dürer · 1568–1629
Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague