Theodor Galle
Distillatio

ArtistNetherlandish, 1571–1633
ArtistFlemish, 1523–1605, active Italy
CultureFlemish
Titles
  • Distillatio
  • Invention of Distillation
Datec. 1600
MediumEngraving
DimensionsPlate or block: 7 7/8 × 10 3/8 in. (20 × 26.4 cm)
Sheet (sheet): 11 1/8 × 13 1/2in. (28.3 × 34.3cm)
Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston
Object numberBF.1998.9.7
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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 plate bottom left below the image: 7 .

Printed on the plate centered below the image: DISTILLATIO.

Printed on the plate bottom margin below the image: In igne Succus omnium, arte corporum Vigens fit vnda, limpida et potissima.
Printed on the image bottom left: Ioan. Stradanus inuent. Ioan. Galle excud.
Catalogue raisonnéNew Hollstein 329 (Stradanus)

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