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Philips Galle

The Personification of the Ocean

1585

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Philips Galle

The Personification of the Ocean

1585

Physical Qualities Engraving with hand coloring, Sheet: 165 x 98 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jonas R. Rappeport, Baltimore
Object Number 2004.31
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2004; Dr. and Mrs. Jonas R. Rappeport, Baltimore
Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper
Dackerman, Susan. "Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance & Baroque Engravings, Etchings & Woodcuts"; The Pennsylvania State University Press, c.2002, pp.220-221.
The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Philips Galle, Part III, Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, pp. 112-115, # 413.

von Wurzbach, Alfred. Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, auf Grund archivalischer Forschungen bearbeitet (Vienna: Halm und Goldmann, 1906-1911): vol. I, pp. 566-567.

Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1949-2001): vol. VII, pp. 74-83.

Bartsch, Adam, et al. The Illustrated Bartsch (New York: Abaris Books, 1978 - ongoing 2001): vol. 56, pp. 11-511 [MH-FA].

Sellink, Manfred. Philips Galle (1537-1612), engraver and print publisher in Haarlem and Antwerp (Vrije Universteit, 1997) Thesis: Vrije Universteit. [NNMM].

Inscribed: RECTO: BLC: "Phls Gall. unuen./ et sculp."; BC: "OCEANVS."; BRC: "1."

Artist

Philips Galle

1536–1611

Flemish, 1537-1612
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