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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, 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]"

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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