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The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves
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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves

c. 1595

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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

The Silkworm Eggs Spread Out on Shelves

c. 1595

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.)
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 2022.102.4

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]"

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 REELING OF SILK
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The Reeling of Silk
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THE INCUBATION OF THE SILKWORM EGGS
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Incubation of the Silkworm Eggs
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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
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
THE LADY OF THE EGGS. WATCH OUT! IT'S IMPORTANT NOT TO BREAK ANY OF THEM!
Honoré Daumier
The Lady of the Eggs. Watch out! It's important not to break any of them!
1866
EODEM SABBATHO: PROFUNDIT OMNIA PRODIGUS ADOLESCENS
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Eodem Sabbatho: Profundit omnia Prodigus Adolescens
1593
SABBATHO POST DOMIN. II. QUADRAG.
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Sabbatho Post Domin. II. Quadrag.
1593
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