Art Institute of Chicago
The Invention of Copper Engraving, from Nova Reperta
Theodor Galle (Flemish, 1571-1633)
- Date
- c. 1591
- Medium
- Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Flanders
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Joannes Stradanus’s image of an intaglio print shop includes plate engravers, roller-press printers, and fresh impressions drying on ropes in the background. The legend Sculptura in Aes implies that the engraving is being done on copper plates. The print is the nineteenth image in the artist’s New Discoveries series, which also included the European arrival in the Americas and the invention of book printing.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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