Rest on the Flight into Egypt
c. 1590
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 21.4 × 16.1 cm (8 7/16 × 6 3/8 in.); sheet: 24.6 × 16.7 cm (9 11/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268075
Art Historical Context
Nestled in the Art Institute of Chicago's Prints Drawings collection, *Rest on the Flight into* is a delicate engraving by Aegidiuseler II, created around 1590. This Flemish artist, part of the renowned Sadeler family of engravers active in Antwerp and Prague, a tender biblical moment: the Virgin Mary, infant Jesus, and Saint Joseph pausing during their perilous escape from King Herod's massacre of the innocents.eler's work reflects the Mannerist elegance of late 16th-century Northern Europe with its graceful figures and intricate details evoking quiet devotion amid exile. Printed on luxuriou...
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...