Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Sculptura in Aes // [The Invention of Copper Engraving].
Call Number
E East 51/GC090/Box 02/Normal/Artists F-R GA 2006.01924
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcf7623s42j
Publisher
n.d. [ca. 1600].
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1600
Extent
1 item ; sheet 21.5 x 28.5 cm.
References
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Johannes Stradanus, Part III, 2008, p. 5
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Depiction: Printing history scene. Studio interior and engravers.
Signed in plate, lower center: "Ioan. Stradanus inuent".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Phls Galle execud.".
Inscribed in plate, below: "Sculptor noua arte, bracteata in lamina. Scalpit siguras, atque praelis imprimit".
The print is part of a collection depicting discoveries and inventions, including this copper-plate engraving studio.
Artist information: May have actually been executed by Theodore Galle, son of Philip Galle.

Discovery Information

Subject
Engravers—Flanders—16th century—In art
Printmakers—Flanders—16th century—In art
Printing—History—16th century—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/14122198-c6a4-451a-b453-d18889d497e4/manifest