Theodor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633)
after Joannes Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605)
The Invention of Copper Engraving, from Nova Reperta
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Theodor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633)
after Joannes Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605)c. 1591
The Invention of Copper Engraving, from Nova Reperta
Theodor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633) after Joannes Stradanus (Flemish, 1523-1605) →engravingpaper
Date
c. 1591
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/sheet, trimmed within platemark: 20.2 × 27.3 cm (8 × 10 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Joannes Stradanus’s image of an intaglio print shop includes plate engravers, roller-press printers, and fresh impressions drying on ropes in the background. The legend Sculptura in Aes implies that the engraving is being done on copper plates. The print is the nineteenth image in the artist’s New Discoveries series, which also included the European arrival in the Americas and the invention of book printing.
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