Rocky Landscape with The Stigmatization of St. Francis
c. 1590-1620
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 20.9 × 27.4 cm (8 1/4 × 10 13/16 in.); sheet: 26.7 × 32.5 cm (10 9/16 × 12 13/16 in.)
Classification
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268330
Art Historical Context
In the late 16th to early 17th century Flemish engraver Aegid Sadeler II crafted *Rocky Landscape with Theigmatization of St.*, a masterful print capturing the miraculous moment when St. Francis of Assisi received wounds of Christ from a heavenly seraph. Created around 1590–1620, this work exemplifies the Northern Mannerist style, blending intricate religious narrative with dramatic natural scenery. Sadeler, part of a renowned family of engravers active across Europe—from Antwerp to Prague—excel in reproductive prints that popularized paintings for a wider audience. Rendered as an engraving o...
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...