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Sleeping Hunter, from the series Otia delectant (The Praise of Sloth), ca. 1625 - 1650

  • etching, burin engraving, paper
  • 102 x 152 mm
  • Inv. 2014-KO-6

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This work is part of a series of sixteen copies in mirror image after the print series engraved by Cornelis Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert's design drawings (Roethlisberger 1993, I, pp.231-236, nos.297-312, II, fig.434-449). The series was published by Marcus Sadeler in Munich.

Artist

Anonymous Master
engravers (printmakers)AAT

Cornelis II Bloemaert RKD
Utrecht 1603 - Rome 1692
after

Abraham Bloemaert RKD
Gorinchem 1566 - Utrecht 1651
after

Marcus Sadeler RKD
Munich 1614 - circa 1650 - 1660
publisherAAT

Title Sleeping Hunter, from the series Otia delectant (The Praise of Sloth)
Date ca. 1625 - 1650
Period 17th century
Location Munich TGN TGN
Medium and support etching AAT
burin engraving AAT
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Si facilem sectare ducem gnarumq[-] viarum; /-/ Nullus ad ambages te vagus error aget.
Collection print room
Object type burin engraving AAT
etching AAT
Inventory number 2014-KO-6
Acquisition credit unknown
2014
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KO-6
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11548/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25G3 trees Iconclass
31A236 lying figure Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass
31B1 sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass
31B13 sleeping on the ground Iconclass
35 pastorals, Arcadian scenes Iconclass
43C11 hunting, chase Iconclass
43C1112 hunt ~ mammals Iconclass
43C114 hunter Iconclass
48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
School / Style Baroque AAT
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