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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

c. 1595

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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

c. 1595

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.)

Portfolio/Series Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)

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

Flemish, 1571-after 1635

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Artist

Jan van der Straet

Flemish, 1523-1605

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Publisher

Philips Galle

Flemish, 1537-1612

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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS

THE REELING OF SILK

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Reeling of Silk

c. 1595

Esmeralda Feeding the Poet

Alphonse Adolphe Gery-Bichard

Esmeralda Feeding the Poet

c. 1890

THE SILKWORM EGGS SPREAD OUT ON SHELVES

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves

c. 1595

Bowl Decorated with Molded and Applied Leaves and Flowers

Jingdezhen kilns

Bowl Decorated with Molded and Applied Leaves and Flowers

12th-13th century

THE INCUBATION OF THE SILKWORM EGGS

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

c. 1595

Bowl with Carved Flower and Leaves Design

Jingdezhen kilns

Bowl with Carved Flower and Leaves Design

11th century

EMPEROR JUSTINIAN RECEIVING THE FIRST IMPORTED SILKWORM EGGS FROM NESTORIAN MONKS

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

Emperor Justinian Receiving the First Imported Silkworm Eggs from Nestorian Monks

c. 1595

TITLE PLATE

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

Title Plate

c. 1595

ALBUM LEAVES (PUBLISHED STATE, CANCELLED WITH REMARQUES)

Henri Matisse and Roger Lacourière

Album Leaves (published state, cancelled with remarques)

1930-1931