print
- Museum number
- 1996,1103.21
- Title
- Series: Encomium musices
- Description
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Plate 3: The Heavenly Choirs; with four choirs of instruments; at bottom left, on the left, singer, bladder pipe, tambourine, cornet, shawm; the second choir bottom left plays panpipes (also called pandean pipes), cymbals, recorder; in a line along the middle are various sizes of shawm, a cornet, curtal, and a harp; the middle right hand choir mainly plays stringed instruments such as bass viol, a lute, and also includes a cornet; after Jan van der Straet
Engraving
- Production date
- 1589-1590 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 221 millimetres
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Width: 284 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This is from a series of 16 plates after Stradanus (New Hollstein 135-151), numbered 3-18, which was published with an engraved frontispiece and a preface in letterpress as 'Encomium Musices' by Philips Galle in Antwerp about 1589-1590. Most plates are engraved by Adriaen Collaert, one is made by Theodoor Galle (no.16). The Latin verses are by Johannes Boghe (Bochius). The BM set lacks the frontispiece and preface, see 1996,1103.21-36. A complete bound set is held by the British Library in the Hirsch collection (under pressmark Hirsch III-734). The preparatory drawing for this plate is in the Royal Library, Brussels, inv.no.S.IV.37868.
Literature: A. Baroni and M. Sellink, 'Stradanus 1523-1605: Court artist of the Medici', exh.cat. Groeningemuseum Brugge 2008-2009, Turnhout, 2012, pp.307-313, cat.no.108-114.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1996
- Acquisition notes
- See under 1996-11-3-3.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1996,1103.21
