Theodor Galle
Horologia Ferrea

ArtistNetherlandish, 1571–1633
ArtistFlemish, 1523–1605, active Italy
CultureFlemish
Titles
  • Horologia Ferrea
  • Invention of Clockwork
Datec. 1600
MediumEngraving
Dimensionsplate: 7 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches
sheet: 11 1/8 × 13 5/8 inches

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1998.9.5
Not on view

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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing 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
Printed on the plate bottom left below the image: 5.

Printed on the plate centered below the image: HOROLOGIA FERREA .

Printed on the plate margin below the image: Rota aqua ferrea atherisq voluitur, Recludit aquè et haec et illa tempora.
Printed on the image bottom left: Ioan. Stradanus inuent.

Printed on the image bottom right: Ioan. Galle excud.


Verso a printed label: HARVARD ART MUSEUMS
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum (6 September 2011-10 December 2011)
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art (17 January-8 April 2012)

Hans Collaert
Invention of Eyeglasses(underlined)
Sarah Campbell Foundation, Houston

Object No.: TL40986.12
Cat. No.: 1 Crate No.: PPK 16

Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein 327 (Stradanus)

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