St. Paul at Corinth
c. 1590-1600
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 36.6 × 45.4 cm (14 7/16 × 17 7/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
268769
Art Historical Context
Jan Sadeler I, a Flemish engraver active in late 16th century, created *St. Paul at Corinth* around 1590–1600. The work depicts the Apostle Paul his time in the ancient city, where he and wrote letters to the Christian community. Sad’s engravings often from biblical narratives, to spread religious stories across Europe at a when printed images reached wider audiences than paintings aloneExecuted as an engraving on ivory laid paper, the medium allowed for remarkable precision in line and shading. This technique was especially valued for reproducing complex scenes with clarity and detail, making...
About the Artist
Jan Sadeler, I · 1550–1600
Jan Sadeler I (1550–1600) was born in Brussels and became the most prominent member of the largest and most successful dynasty of Flemish printmakers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Sadeler family — which included Jan's brothers Aegidius and Raphael — produced an extraordinary volume of engravings that circulated across Catholic Europe, disseminating images of religious subjects, p...