Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Watermark: Not recorded.
Sheet size: 26.2 x 19.8 cm (10.31 x 7.8 inch). Image size: 24 x 17.5 cm. (9.45 x 6.89 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Image fine. Remains of tape on rear top from previous attachment. A few tears at bottom paper edge, backed. Light foxing and soiling. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ELEPHANT, SERPENT, FIGHT, HUNTING SCENE, STRADANUS, 16TH CENTURY, 17TH CENTURY, PHILIPS GALLE, ANTWERP ENGRAVING : PCO-E23-35
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Series: Venationes Ferarum, Avium, Piscium pugnae Bestiariorum; published by Philips Galle, Antwerp. Text by Cornelis Kiliaan.
Reference: New Hollstein Dutch 467-3(4).
Biography engraver: Karel van Mallery (c. 1571?c. 1635), Flemish engraver and draughtsman active in Antwerp. Pupil of Philips Galle, best known for reproductive engravings after Stradanus, Rubens and other masters. Produced many prints for Stradanus’ hunting and animal combat series.
Biography artist: Jan van der Straet (Stradanus, 1523?1605), Flemish painter, draughtsman and designer, mainly active in Florence. He designed numerous series of hunting, fishing, natural history and allegorical prints, published in Antwerp by Galle and others.
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