Johan SADELER I (Brussel 1550 - Venice 1600) "Iustitia" Original burin etching signed in the lower right plate "Sadeler Fe." By a lost subject by Maarten de Vos for the series of nine entitled "The victorious virtues over vices ”Published by Sadeler himself in 1579, a date that appears engraved in some of the nine subjects. Beautiful specimen printed on a portion of thin laid paper bearing the “Arme con circles and chevron” watermark, similar to Briquet 1126, attributable to paper production in Bruges and Amsterdam between 1577 and 1580, trimmed just to the impression of the plate which is always visible, in excellent general condition. Bibliography: Briquet "Les Filigranes" Mansfield 2000 n ° 1126 Hollstein vol.21 (Johan Sadeler I fecit) n ° 538 TIB vol.70 part 3 n ° 497; Wurzbach “Niederlandisches Kunstler Lexicon” Leipzig 1906 - 1911 vol.2 n ° 131. Measurements in mm: 150 x 95 the sheet