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Aegidius Sadeler II
Wisdom Conquers Ignorancecirca 1600

Not on view
Engraving with dense cross-hatching showing a winged, helmeted female figure holding a staff and dangling puppet, surrounded by crowded figures and Latin text below

Aegidius Sadeler II, Wisdom Conquers Ignorance, circa 1600, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Aegidius Sadeler II
Title
Wisdom Conquers Ignorance
Place Made
Holland
Date Made
circa 1600
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
19 5/8 x 13 15/16 in. (49.85 x 35.40 cm)
Credit Line
Mary Stansbury Ruiz Bequest
Accession Number
M.88.91.125
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography

  • Davis, Bruce. Mannerist Prints: International Style in the Sixteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1988.

  • Campbell, Mungo. The Stylish image: printmakers to the court of Rudolf II. Edinburgh: Trustees of the National Galleries of Scotland, 1991.