Circumcision
Aegidius Sadeler II|Hans von Aachen|Joris Hoefnagel
1590 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints
This engraving is one of 13 plates from the series, Salus generis humani (Salvation of Mankind), 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.
- Artist
- Aegidius Sadeler II|Hans von Aachen|Joris Hoefnagel
- Date
- 1590
- Medium
- Engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951