Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves
1589
Scroll
- Artist: Carel van Mallery
- Artist: Jan van der Straet
- Publisher: Philips Galle
The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves
1589
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 256 × 334 mm. (10 1/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
Plate: 201 × 271 mm. (7 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number
2022.102.4
Inscribed: Recto: below image, bottom left, in plate "4."; below image, center bottom, in plate "Exclusus ouo rite vermis, ocyus Texit suam moro insidens telam arbori."; in image, bottom right corner "Ioan Stradan. invent. / Phls Galle excudit."; above image, top right corner, in brown ink "20[cut off]"
