Lot 74: "Ave Rex Judaeorum", after Theodor Barendszoon (1534-1592, aka Dirck Barendsz) by Jan Sadeler (Flemish, 1550-1600)

"Ave Rex Judaeorum", titled copper plate engraving on laid paper with partial watermark, based on the Gospel of St. Matthew, Psalm 27. Christ is bound, wearing a crown of thorns, a reed being placed in in left has to symbolize a scepter and being mocked by the soldiers and hailed as "King of the Jews", in a manner similar to the hailing of the Emperor of Rome. Lower left margin Barendszoon was a Dutch Renaissance painter from Amsterdam who traveled to Italy in his youth to learn from the Italian masters, most notably Titian. "