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The Reeling of Silk
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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Reeling of Silk

c. 1595

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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

c. 1595

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.)
Portfolio/Series Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)
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

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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THE GATHERING OF MULBERRY LEAVES AND THE FEEDING OF THE SILKWORMS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Gathering of Mulberry Leaves and the Feeding of the Silkworms
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THE SILKWORM EGGS SPREAD OUT ON SHELVES
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves
c. 1595
THE INCUBATION OF THE SILKWORM EGGS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs
c. 1595
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN RECEIVING THE FIRST IMPORTED SILKWORM EGGS FROM NESTORIAN MONKS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
Emperor Justinian Receiving the First Imported Silkworm Eggs from Nestorian Monks
c. 1595
TITLE PLATE
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
Title Plate
c. 1595
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1930-1931
WHAT SILKEN FLAG OF THE BALM OF IMMORTAL GLORY (REFUSED ETCHING, CANCELLED)
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What Silken Flag of the Balm of Immortal Glory (refused etching, cancelled)
1930-1931