Theodor Galle
Pulvis Pyrivs

ArtistNetherlandish, 1571–1633
ArtistFlemish, 1523–1605, active Italy
CultureFlemish
Titles
  • Pulvis Pyrivs
Datec. 1600
MediumEngraving
Dimensionsplate: 7 1/8 × 10 1/2 inches
sheet: 11 1/16 × 13 5/8 inches

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1998.9.3
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Knights in Shining Armor: Myth and Reality, 1450 - 1650," Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, January 28–June 17, 2007.

"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
Printed on the plate bottom left corner below the image: 3 .

Printed on the plate centered below the image: PVLVIS PYRIVS .

Printed on the plate in the margin below the image: Manu quati tonitrua atq fulmina Datum videtur inferis ab inuidis
Printed bottom left on the image: Ioan. Stradanus inuent . Ioan. Galle excud.

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