AFTER AEGIDIUS SADELER (Flemish, circa 1570 - 1629). The Annunciation to the Shepherds, Engraving after a painting by Jacobo Bassano (Venetian, 1510 - 1592) with the inscriptio lettered in top margin: "QVIA NATVS EST VOBIS HODIE SALVATOR. LVC.CII"; lettered in lower margin, with production details and six lines of Latin verses in three columns: "Angelus, ætherea demissus ... / ... Virginatis opes" and "EX PROMPTVARIO PERILL.is COMITIS HIERONYMI DE IVSTIS EXARATA" and "Iacobus de ponto Bassanensis inuentor / Egidius Sadeler scalpsit Veron." Date of impression unknown. Unframed. Note: The artwork is not glued down to a hard surface; it is mounted with hinges to a removable back board.
- 10.5 x 8; Sheet: 15 x 11.5 in Viewing by appointment only. Estimate $100-150
