Masterprints, Landscapes, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Sadeler
Masterprints - Sadeler - Stephani (Stevens)
"Ver" - "Aestas" - "Autumnus"
Spring - Summer - Autumn
3 Seasons of the year. Winter missing.
Three copper etchings by Egidius Sadeler (ca. 1570-1629) - Flemish
After the drawings by P. Stephani = Pieter II. Stevens (ca. 1567-ca. 1624) - Flemish
Ca. 1610
Spring: Renaissance garden scene with building of an orangerie in progress, gardeners at work in the large formal Renaissance garden, a chateau in back, a fountain and an obelisk in the mid section
Summer: Sheep shearing scene by a river
Autumn: Big style apple harvest
The three prints are in very good condition. On thick hand made paper. Paper has general natural age patina.
Ample margins. Only minuscule, quasi unnoticeable traces of age and use.
Measurements - Each image: 23 x 32,2 cm (ca. 8.7 x 12.7")