D'après Johannes STRADANUS
Flandres, fin du XVIe siècle
Sculptura in Aes : the invention of copper engraving
Circa 1590
Plate 19 from the set of twenty subjects titled Nova reperta, engraved by different artists, among whom Hans Collaert II and Théodor Galle
Engraving, after Johannes Stradanus
202 × 273 mm, trimmed under the letter on the lower part and on the border line on the other edges
Fine impression of the second state (of 4), with the number 19 and the adress of Philips Galle, later replaced with the one of Johannes Galle, central vertical fold on the reverse with a restored tear of 1000 mm alongside, rubbed spot and thin places on the upper corners, soiling and stains
Reference: New Hollstein, Stradanus, 341 ii/iv