Arachne, from The Occupations

INV-2679

Philip Galle Flemish, 1537–1612

1574

engravingpaper

Date

1574

Medium

Engraving on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 20.3 × 24.5 cm (8 × 9 11/16 in.); sheet: 22 × 26.6 cm (8 11/16 × 10 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

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