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an obelisk with the coat of arms of Emperor Rudolf
II on its socle. What can therefore be concluded is
that while die engraving was produced in Venice
(die inscdpdon in the lower right-hand corner also
States 'T^%/yT /I 73*^"), the mosaíc
was commissioned either by or for the Emperor,
probably before the year 161 Id
Another inscripdon on Sadeler's print informs us
that "ínAwATfwff". The author of the
model ušed by Sadeler was hence Lodewijk Toeput,

^ This is corroborated by an entry in the 1607 — 1611 inventory
of the Prague which was last cited by BUKOV-
INSKÁ 1988 (see in note 2), p. 514: /A-
G<%r7f%yy7 3^77 J7^7w^, ř7% /%?7/yAAíw%
^7^7wg G^37 [obelisk], Ai RčA7v3ř%
w# ^;AE7y/7 [(golden) fteece]." Another entry
m the inventory mentions a similar mosaic that is also in the
KHM (Inv. No. 3002), declaring it to be "E/7yyh^% 23. Mag.
7477".
^ For a brief yet reliable overview of his life and works (includ-
ing a bibliography), see GERSZL T.: Toeput, Lodewijk. In:
D7r4cMr)/ A Mr7. Vol. 31. Ed. J. TURNER. London 1996, pp.
70-71. Also see infra note 6.
DOBROKLONSKY, M.: Further Drawings by Pozzoser-
rato. In: 077 Dr^7ygr, 9, 1934 — 1935, pp. 39-40 and

who was born around the year 1550 m the Flemish
town of Mecheln, but who, from about 1573, was
active primarily in Treviso, where he was known
under the Italian name Lodovico Pozzoserrato; he
died in Treviso in ca. 1603 — 16057 Toepuťs draw-
ing [Fig. 3], according to which Sadeler produced his
print in 1599, is currently held in Saint Petersburg^
Hermitage Museum; it was hrst published in the year
1934, with several publications following thereafter."
Tins work and Sadeler's copperplate engraving are
PI. 39. See also MENAGAZZI, L.: Ludovico Pozzoserrato
(il Pozzoserrato). In: Agg7 řATwwA J/wh? 7ř7774Ař, 1, 1957,
pp. 167-223, esp. pp. 197-198 and 199, hg. 53; FRANZ, H.
G: Eine unbekannte Zeichnung des Lodewijck Toeput gen-
annt Lodovico Pozzoserrato. In: TbhwT? 7G^#37í7cEv3ř^
FvETwTf Ar U%7^n*7747 GHy, 2,1966 — 1967, pp. 77—83, esp. p.
79; MENAGAZZI, L.: Grahca del Pozzoserrato. In: Thyw7,3
TfřAta 77^%/, yWčw
4y777 7<?/ TaAc G77^rg%7A M7^' r&%?77M7A, TrřArc, 4
- 7 72^7. Eds. S. MASON RJNALDI - D. LUCIANI.
Asolo 1988, pp. 65-69, esp. p. 67 and hg. 5; GERSZI, T: The
Draughtsmanship of Lodewijk Toeput. In: 30,
1992, pp. 367-395, esp. p. 374. For an account of the arhsťs
drawings, see also SALMINA, L.: Vnov opredelennyje risunki
Poccoserrato. In: 24,1963,
pp. 17-19; MENAGAZZI, L.: Disegni di Lodewijk Toeput
detto Pozzoserrato. In:

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