Hans Collaert II
Sculptura in Aes

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Artist Hans Collaert IIFlemish, 1566–1628

Artistafter Johannes StradanusFlemish, 1523–1605, active Italy

PublisherPublished by Joannes GalleFlemish, c. 1600–1676

CultureFlemish

Titles

Sculptura in Aes
Engraving in Copper
Invention of Copperplate Engraving

Datec. 1590

MediumEngraving

Dimensions203 × 272 mm
Plate or block: 8 × 10 3/4 in. (20.3 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 11 1/8 × 13 5/8in. (28.3 × 34.6cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1998.9.19

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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PRINTS

Provenance[Hill-Stone, New York]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 1998.

Exhibition History"Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe," Harvard Art Museum/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 6–December 11, 2011; Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, January 17–April 8, 2012.

"Renaissance Technology in Print," Hawn Gallery, Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, August 20–October 12, 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscriptions: at lower left: Ioan. Stradanus inuent.; at lower right: Ioan. Galle excud.; below image at left: 19.; below image at center: SCVLPTVRA IN ÆS.; at bottom: Sculptor noua arte, bracteata in lamina Sculpit figuras, atque praelis imprimit.

Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein 341 (Stradanus)

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