Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, Philips Galle
Vermis Sericus (The Introduction of the Silkworm and the Production of Silk in Europe)
1589-1599
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Carel van Mallery, Jan van der Straet, Philips Galle
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"