Print Description
Medium: Engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 33.2 x 26.8 cm (13.07 x 10.55 inch). Image size: 27 x 21.4 cm. (10.63 x 8.43 inch).
Condition: very good, given age. Light foxing, creasing and soiling. Wide margins. Small tear at top middle, backed. A few pinsize and wormholes in right margin. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
RUTH, ORPAH, NAOMI, OLD TESTAMENT, PHILIPS GALLE, ADRIAEN DE WEERDT, BIBLICAL WOMEN, DEVOTION, FAMILY, PARTING SCENE, 16TH-CENTURY ENGRAVING | PCO-A56-16
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Published by Gerard de Jode, Antwerp.
Reference: New Hollstein Dutch 18; TIB 56.008:1.
Early edition.
Biography engraver: Philips Galle (1537-1612) was a prominent Netherlandish engraver and publisher based in Haarlem and later Antwerp. He produced reproductive engravings after both Italian and Northern artists and ran a prolific publishing house.
Biography artist: Adriaen de Weerdt (c.1510-1590) was a Flemish painter and draughtsman. He worked in Cologne and Antwerp, and his biblical drawings were used for various print series, including by Galle and de Jode.
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