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The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms
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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms

1589

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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

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
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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