Object Number 1985.0002

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

SCVPTVRA IN ÆS./ Sculptor noua arte, bracteata in lamina Scalpit figuras, atque prælis imprimit.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects

Creator (Role)

Philip Galle (Engraver)
1537-1612

Stradanus (Draftsman)
1523-1605
The Flemish painter and draughtsman Jan van der Straet first trained under his father, Jan van der Straet (d. 1535), painter in Brugges. After his father's death, he was apprenticed for two years to Maximilian Franck (1490-1547). From 1537 to 1540 he trained under Pieter Aertsen in Antwerp. He became a master in Antwerp ca. 1545. He left for Italy ca. 1545 and travelled by way of Lyon, where he worked with Corneille de Lyon. Jan van der Straet was then active in Venice, Florence, Reggio Emilia, and Naples. He probably stayed in Rome from 1550 to 1553 and in Flanders from 1576 to 1578. (ULAN)

Place of Origin

Antwerp, Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Date

1570-1600

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower left beneath image; Ioan Stradanus invent.
2. Inscription; Lower right beneath image; Phl's Galle excud.

Materials

Ink; Paper (laid)

Techniques

Line engraved, Line Etched

Dimensions (inches)

8.25 (H) , 10.87 (W) , 7.3 (Image H) , 10.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

20.95 (H) , 27.62 (W) , 7.3 (Image H) , 10.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom. Plate H (at left): 7.875 in. (20.1 cm). W (at bottom): 10.75 in. (27.2 cm). Chain intervals: 2.5-2.6 cm; 10 laid lines per cm.

Watermark

None

Edition Notes

Brilliant impression with full platemark and trimmed margins. Additional margins added for binding in portfolio. One of 21 plates made for the illustrated study of trades and industries Nova Reperta, which were not dated and produced over a period of several years. One of two plates offered by this dealer, the other exhibiting an artist's studio (not acquired) bearing the watermark of a Gothic "P".

Object Description

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