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(4) Aegidius [Egidius; Gillis] Sadeler II
(b Antwerp, ?c. 1570; d Prague, 1629). Engraver, draughtsman and painter, son of (2) Aegidius Sadeler I. Around 1579 he went with his uncle (1) Jan Sadeler I to Cologne and later, c. 1588, to Munich. None of the Sadelers ever definitely returned to their home district. In 1585 Aegidius was listed as a pupil of Jan Sadeler I in the records of the Antwerp Guild of St Luke. In the first half of his career Aegidius regularly engraved the work of Hans von Aachen, Christoph Schwarz, Peter Candid and Marten de Vos. Among the most important engravings are the series of scenes from the New Testament, the Salus generi humani (1590; Hollstein, nos 18–30), the Nativity (1588; Hollstein, no. 32), the Holy Family with St Anne and Two Angels (Hollstein, no. 79) after von Aachen, the Crucifixion between the Two Thieves (1590; Hollstein, no. 53) after Schwarz, the series of the Four Fathers of the Church (Hollstein, nos 99–102) after Candid and the series of the Story of David (also engraved by Aegidius Sadeler I; Hollstein, nos 2–17) after de Vos.
Part of the Sadeler family
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