Sleeping Shepherd on a Rock, frontispiece of the series Otia delectant (The Praise of Sloth), ca. 1625 - 1650

etching, burin engraving, paper
99 x 149 mm
Inv. 2014-KO-1

Anonymous Master

engravers (printmakers)

Cornelis II Bloemaert

Utrecht 1603 - Rome 1692
after

Abraham Bloemaert

Gorinchem 1566 - Utrecht 1651
after

Marcus Sadeler

Munich 1614 - circa 1650 - 1660
after

print room figures (representations) allegory (artistic device) male sex; man youth, young man, adolescent 17th century

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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 after
Title	Sleeping Shepherd on a Rock, frontispiece of 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: Otia delectant /-/ faciuntq[-] /-/ laboribus aptos. // Robore quae firmant languida Ctembra novo // Ast ignava Quies frangit torpedine Corpus, // Enervatq[-] Animum, nec sinit esse probum. // Ergo mihi Socors segni torpore sepultus, // Non homo sed vivus triste Cadaver erit. H. de. Roij. M. // Abraham Bloemaert Inuen: C. Bloemaert fecit. M. Sadeler excudit.
Collection	print room
Object type	burin engraving AAT etching AAT
Inventory number	2014-KO-1
Acquisition credit	unknown 2014
Permalink	https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2014-KO-1
IIIF Manifest	https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/11543/manifest.json

Art & Architecture Thesaurus	300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055866 allegory (artistic device) AAT
Keywords Iconclass	25H112 rocks Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 31A236 lying figure Iconclass 31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31B1 sleeping; unconsciousness Iconclass 31B13 sleeping on the ground Iconclass 31D12 youth, young man, adolescent Iconclass 35 pastorals, Arcadian scenes Iconclass 47I221 herding, herdsman, herdswoman, shepherd, shepherdess, cowherd, etc. Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass
School / Style	Baroque AAT

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