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Object Type
Museum number: 1948,0410.4.213
Title: Series: Vermis sericus
Description: Interior scene with women keeping silkworms on shelves and, at centre, women examining them; in the background, sheets hang out to dry; to right, silkworms arranged on trees Engraving
Producer name: After: Jan van der Straet; Published by: Philips Galle
School/style
Production date: 1590-1600 (c.)
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 201 millimetres; Width: 268 millimetres
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Curator's comments: From a series of six prints illustrating the history and techniques of silk production after Stradanus. Second edition of the series by Theodor Galle, following the previous edition done by his father Philips. The name of the publisher was only altered on the title-page.
Bibliographic references: New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (349.I) (Johannes Stradanus); Baroni Vannucci 1997 / Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor (699.4); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (115-120) (Karel de Mallery)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Costanza Alamanni; Associated with: Raffaele Medici
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1753
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1948,0410.4.213

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