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The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

1589-1599

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The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs

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

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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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms
1589–1599
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
Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)
1589–1599
EODEM SABBATHO: PROFUNDIT OMNIA PRODIGUS ADOLESCENS
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Eodem Sabbatho: Profundit omnia Prodigus Adolescens
1592
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Hermaphroditus Looking at a Nest of Eggs
1950
SABBATHO POST DOMIN. II. QUADRAG.
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Sabbatho Post Domin. II. Quadrag.
1592
CHRIST RAISING THE WIDOW'S SON
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Feria V. Post Domin.IIII.Quadrag
1592
Eggs
George Z. Constant and WPA/Federal Art Project, New York City
Eggs
1935