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Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)

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

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Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)

Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others

Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)

Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)

1589-1599

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 257 × 303 mm. (10 1/8 × 11 15/16 in.) Plate: 210 × 271 mm. (8 1/4 × 10 11/16 in.)
Credit Line The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number 2022.102.1

Inscribed: Recto: in image, center, in plate "VERMIS SERICUS"; in image, center bottom, in plate "Dæ CONSTANTIÆ ALAMANNIÆ Nobiliꞵæ Florentine, ex viro suo Illmo Raphaele Mediceo Florentino, [..] IOANNES STRADANUS INVENTOR CC."; in image, center right, in plate "Phls Galle excud."; above image, upper right corner, in brown ink "205"

Artist

Carel van Mallery

1570–1634

Flemish, 1571-after 1635
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Artist

Jan van der Straet

1522–1604

Flemish, 1523-1605
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Publisher

Philips Galle

1536–1611

Flemish, 1537-1612
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THE REELING OF SILK
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
The Reeling of Silk
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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
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
1589–1599
THE SILKWORM EGGS SPREAD OUT ON SHELVES
Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, and others
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
EODEM SABBATHO: PROFUNDIT OMNIA PRODIGUS ADOLESCENS
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Eodem Sabbatho: Profundit omnia Prodigus Adolescens
1592
SABBATHO POST DOMIN. II. QUADRAG.
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Sabbatho Post Domin. II. Quadrag.
1592
CHRIST RAISING THE WIDOW'S SON
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Feria V. Post Domin.IIII.Quadrag
1592
CHRIST AND THE CENTURION
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Eadem Dominica III. Post Epiphan.
1592
CHRIST TEACHES "BE MERCIFUL"
Carel van Mallery and Maarten de Vos
Dominica I. Post Pentecosten.
1592
CHRIST TEACHES ON HAVING FAITH IN GOD
Carel van Mallery and Bernadino Passeri
Dominica XIIII. Post Pentecosten.
1592