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The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, Philips Galle

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

1589-1599

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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, Philips Galle

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

1589-1599

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 248 × 333 mm. (9 3/4 × 13 1/8 in.) Plate: 200 × 270 mm. (7 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2022.102.3

Inscribed: Recto: below image, bottom left, in plate "3."; below image, center bottom, in plate "Aspersa vino tersaq oua vermium Papillulis solent fouere virgines."; in image, left bottom, in plate "Ioan. Stradanus invent. / Car. de Mallery sculp. / Phls Galle excud."; above image, top right corner, in brown ink "207"

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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