Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607)
after Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Morning, plate one from Four Times of Day
INV-1964
Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607)
after Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)c. 1595
Morning, plate one from Four Times of Day
Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607) after Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617) →engravingpaper
Date
c. 1595
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper (discolored to beige)
Dimensions
Image/plate: 21 × 15 cm (8 5/16 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 35.7 × 27.5 cm (14 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Jan Saenredam, who began his career as a mapmaker, is esteemed as a pupil of both Hendrick Goltzius and, probably, Jacques de Gheyn (1565–1629). He studied briefly with the older artist in 1589, and from 1593 to 1597, he engraved drawings made by Goltzius in Rome. Saenredam’s prints, many of which were based on Goltzius’s works, were sometimes considered even more elegant and delicate than his teacher’s originals. Saenredam achieved a silvery tonality with subtle effects of artificial illumination, which he particularly exploited in Evening and Night, the candlelit scenes of the series Four Times of Day.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Night, plate four from Four Times of Day
Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607) after Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Midday, plate three from Four Times of Day
Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607) after Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
Evening, plate two from Four Times of Day
Jan Saenredam (Dutch, 1565-1607) after Hendrik Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)
