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The Reeling of Silk

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Reeling of Silk

1589-1599

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The Reeling of Silk

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Reeling of Silk

The Reeling of Silk

1589-1599

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 257 × 337 mm. (10 1/8 × 13 1/4 in.) Plate: 200 × 271 mm. (7 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2022.102.6

Inscribed: Recto: in image, bottom left, in plate "6."; below image, center bottom, in plate "Hinc vermium permulta sæpe Simul legunt, parantq telas feminæ."; in image, center bottom, in plate, "Phls Galle excud."; above image, top right corner, in brown ink "210"

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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THE GATHERING OF MULBERRY LEAVES AND THE FEEDING OF THE SILKWORMS
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The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms
1589–1599
THE SILKWORM EGGS SPREAD OUT ON SHELVES
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The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves
1589–1599
THE INCUBATION OF THE SILKWORM EGGS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs
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
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Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)
1589–1599
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Eodem Sabbatho: Profundit omnia Prodigus Adolescens
1592
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