Sadeler, Jan. Vinum et mulieres apostatare faciunt sapientes. Et qui se iungit fornicatoriis erit nequam. Sirach 19

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: Sadeler, Johannes I, 559
Folger bibliographic ID: 265755
Folger call number: ART 240- 189
Folger holdings ID: 351530
Accession Number: 240189

A scene of evening diversions: couples dancing, kissing, and playing backgammon while others are drinking, making music, or pretending to be minstrels

General notes

Title from item Sadeler was engraver to the court of Duke William V of Bavaria in Munich between 1588 and 1595 Description based on print with trimmed plate mark Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Decade of Collecting (catalog entry 13)

Extended title: Vinum et mulieres apostatare faciunt sapientes. Et qui se iungit fornicatoriis erit nequam. Sirach 19 Jodoc a Wing figurauit 1588 ; Joan Sadeler Serenissimi Bavariae Ducis chalcograph fec
Alternate titles: Vinvm et mvlieres apostatare facivnt sapientes, House of ill-fame

Bible Behavior Musicians Dance Clothing & dress Interiors

printmaker: Sadeler, Jan, 1550-1600
artist: Winghe, Joos van, 1544-1603