Theodor Galle
Hyacum, et Lves Venerea

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Artist Theodor Galle(Netherlandish, 1571–1633)Netherlandish, 1571–1633

Artistafter Johannes Stradanus(Flemish, 1523–1605, active Italy)Flemish, 1523–1605, active Italy

PublisherPublished by Joannes Galle(Flemish, c. 1600–1676)Flemish, c. 1600–1676

CultureFlemish

Titles

Hyacum, et Lves Venerea
Discovery of Guaiacum as a Cure for Venereal Infection

Datec. 1600

MediumEngraving

DimensionsPlate: 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 in. (20 × 26.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 × 13 3/4 in. (27.9 × 34.9 cm)
Mat: 15 7/8 × 19 7/8 in. (40.3 × 50.5 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.1998.9.6

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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 platebottom left below the image: 6.

Printed on the plate centered below the image: HYACVM, ET LVES VENEREA .

Printed on the plate bottom margin below the image: Grauata morbo ab hocce membra mollia Leuabit is Fa Sorpta coctio arboris .

Printed on the image bottom left: Ioan. Stradanus inuent.

Printed on the image bottom right corner: Ioan. Galle excu.

Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein 328 (Stradanus)

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