Sadeler, Raphael. Phlegmaticus

Folger bibliographic ID: 246848
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts: vol. XLIV, no. 1483
Folger call number: ART 260- 931 no.2
Folger holdings ID: 316752
Accession Number: 260931

Representing the phlegmatic temperament: a nude man and woman are at the center of the image. The man is seated on the edge of a boat with a hole in its side, and the woman stands before him, holding a fish in each hand and stepping on another fish with her right foot. In the background several fishermen are pulling in nets from the sea and filling barrels with fish

General notes

Date from Hollstein '2' inscribed in plate within image, bottom center Two columns of Latin text inscribed in plate beneath image Also available as a digital reproduction

Item information about Folger ART 260- 931 no.2

Manuscript number "42" in upper right corner

Extended title: Phlegmaticus M. de Vos inuentor ; Raphael Sadler scalps. [sic] et excud
Alternate titles: Four temperaments, Phlegmaticvs

Fish Fishermen

printmaker: Sadeler, Raphael, approximately 1560-approximately 1632
artist: Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603
publisher: Sadeler, Raphael, approximately 1560-approximately 1632