Salus generis humani

Artist:: Aegidius Sadeler II (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1568–1629 Prague)

Artist:: After Hans von Aachen (German, Cologne 1552–1616 Prague)

Artist:: After Joris Hoefnagel (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1542–1601 Vienna)

Date:: 1590

Medium:: Engraving

Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 3/4 x 6 9/16 in. (22.2 x 16.6 cm)

Classification:: Prints

Credit Line:: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951

Accession Number:: 51.501.6467(1–13)

Not on view

This series of prints, Salus generis humani (Salvation of Mankind), contains 13 plates engraved by the Netherlandish printmaker Aegidius Sadeler. Made in 1590, the engravings feature scenes from the Life of Christ after designs by Hans von Aachen. The central compositions are surrounded by emblematic borders, whose designs originate from illuminations in the missal (Missale romanum) made by Joris Hoefnagel in 1581–90 for Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, now in the Austrian National Library in Vienna.

Gustav Mayer; Princes of Liechtenstein, Vaduz and Vienna; Vendor: P. & D. Colnaghi & Co.

Hollstein I.3.80-93; New Hollstein (Aachen) 34.2-14; Merlo 70-82; Meyer I.42.101-108; Nagler XIV.158.119

The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts 1400-1700. Amsterdam, 1998, cat. no. (Aachen) 34.2-14.ii, p. 34.

Essays
Dutch and Flemish Artists in Rome, 1500–1600
The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburgs, 1400–1600
Prague during the Rule of Rudolph II (1583–1612)

Timelines
Central Europe (including Germany), 1400–1600 A.D.

Department

Drawings and Prints (152,482)

Artist / Maker / Culture

Hans von Aachen (91)

Joris Hoefnagel (37)

Aegidius Sadeler II (398)

Object Type / Material