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: 261 × 323 mm. (10 1/4 × 12 11/16 in.)
Plate: 200 × 270 mm. (7 7/8 × 10 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number
2022.102.2
Inscribed: Recto: below image, bottom left, in plate "2."; below image, center bottom, in plate "Monachi duo Iustantiano Principi Semen dedêre, vermis unde Sericus."; in image, center bottom, in plate "Ioan Stradanus invent. Phls Galle excud."; above image, right corner, in brown ink, "20[cut off]"