{ "data": { "id": 324441, "accession_number": "2019.33", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times): Sculptura in Aes, The Workshop of an Engraver, c. 1591. Jan van der Straet, called Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, active Italy, 1523\u20131605), engraved by Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537\u20131612). Engraving on antique laid paper; plate: 20.3 x 27.3 cm (8 x 10 3/4 in.); sheet: 28.7 x 35.6 cm (11 5/16 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund, 2019.33", "current_location": "100 1916 Lobby", "title": "Sculptura in Aes, The Workshop of an Engraver", "series": "Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)", "creation_date": "c. 1591", "creation_date_earliest": 1586, "creation_date_latest": 1596, "artists_tags": [ "male" ], "culture": [ "Flanders" ], "technique": "engraving on antique laid paper", "support_materials": [ { "description": "antique laid paper", "watermarks": [] } ], "department": "Prints", "collection": "PR - Etching", "type": "Print", "measurements": "Plate: 20.3 x 27.3 cm (8 x 10 3/4 in.); Sheet: 28.7 x 35.6 cm (11 5/16 x 14 in.)", "dimensions": { "plate": { "height": 0.203, "height_inch": 8, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0, "width": 0.273, "width_inch": 10, "width_inch_fraction": 0.75 }, "sheet": { "height": 0.287, "height_inch": 11, "height_inch_fraction": 0.3125, "width": 0.356, "width_inch": 14, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [ { "inscription": "In plate: signed at bottom left, \u201cIoan. Stradanus inuent\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "address at bottom right, Ph[i]l[ip]s Galle excud", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "title and one line of Latin in margin: SCVLPTVRA IN AES. | Sculptor noua arte, bracteate in lamina Scalpit figuras, atque praelis imprimit", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null }, { "inscription": "numbered bottom left 19", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [ { "id": 699500, "title": "The Renaissance Engraver at Work", "description": "The Renaissance Engraver at Work. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-November 1, 2026).", "opening_date": "2026-07-05T04:00:00" } ], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [ { "description": "Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels, Belgium", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": null, "sortorder": 1 }, { "description": "the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": [], "date": "March 4, 2019", "sortorder": 2 } ], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "This engraving illustrates the process of making an engraving in the late 1500s, from carving the plate to inking and printing.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This engraving, made in 1591, is an important document of the printmaking process in the 1500s. The artist Johannes Stradanus portrayed the stages of making an engraving from right to left. First, the engraver carved the plate; then, it was inked and wiped. One man is shown pulling a plate from an acid bath (illustrating the etching process). Finally, the inked plate was printed on a large roller press. The finished prints were hung to dry. The engraving was one of a series of prints Stradanus made that documented important inventions of the period, ranging from the eyeglass, to distillation, to gunpowder.", "external_resources": { "wikidata": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79875915" ], "internet_archive": [ "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-2019.33-sculptura-in-aes-the" ] }, "citations": [ { "citation": "Veldman, Ilja M., Ger Luijten, and F. W. H. Hollstein. The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. 1993.", "page_number": null, "url": null } ], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.33", "images": { "annotation": null, "web": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.33/2019.33_web.jpg", "width": "900", "height": "698", "filesize": "396546", "filename": "2019.33_web.jpg" }, "print": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.33/2019.33_print.jpg", "width": "3400", "height": "2635", "filesize": "4743235", "filename": "2019.33_print.jpg" }, "full": { "url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.33/2019.33_full.tif", "width": "5544", "height": "4296", "filesize": "71483740", "filename": "2019.33_full.tif" } }, "alternate_images": [], "creditline": "The A. W. 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