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Philips Galle

The Personification of the Ocean

1586

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Philips Galle

The Personification of the Ocean

1586

Physical Qualities Engraving with hand coloring, Sheet: 165 x 98 mm. (6 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
Portfolio/Series From the series, "Sea and River Gods"
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
Susan Dackerman, BMA, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color, Oct. 6, 2002-Jan. 5, 2003; tour to The Saint Louis Art Museum, Feb. 14- May 18, 2003.

Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper," May 8 - October 2, 2022.
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.

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

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Philips Galle

Flemish, 1537-1612

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