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The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms

1589-1599

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The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms

The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms

1589-1599

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 257 × 331 mm. (10 1/8 × 13 1/16 in.) Plate: 200 × 267 mm. (7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2022.102.5

Inscribed: Recto: below image, bottom left, in plate, "5."; below image, center bottom, in plate "Tum fronde, ramo, fascibusq conditus, Se voluit, et pilæ in modum se contrabit."; in image, center bottom, in plate "Ioam. Stradanus invent."; above image, top right corner, in brown ink "209"

Artist

Carel van Mallery

1570–1634

Flemish, 1571-after 1635
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Artist

Jan van der Straet

1522–1604

Flemish, 1523-1605
Meet Jan van der Straet

Publisher

Philips Galle

1536–1611

Flemish, 1537-1612
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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
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1589–1599
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Bowl Decorated with Molded and Applied Leaves and Flowers
1100–1299
THE INCUBATION OF THE SILKWORM EGGS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs
1589–1599
Bowl with Carved Flower and Leaves Design
Jingdezhen kilns
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1000–1099
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN RECEIVING THE FIRST IMPORTED SILKWORM EGGS FROM NESTORIAN MONKS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)
1589–1599
TITLE PLATE
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
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1589–1599
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Album Leaves (published state, cancelled with remarques)
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