id:			324441
accession number:	2019.33
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.33
updated:		2025-06-20 11:29:58.174000

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, 1523–1605), engraved by Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612). 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

title:				Sculptura in Aes, The Workshop of an Engraver
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series:				Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)
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creation date:			c. 1591
creation date earliest:		1586
creation date latest:		1596
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creditline:			The A. W. Ellenberger, Sr., Endowment Fund
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culture:	Flanders
technique:	engraving on antique laid paper
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Etching
type:		Print
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CREATORS

* Jan van der Straet, called Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, active Italy, 1523–1605)  - artist

* Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612)  - engraved by

* Philip Galle (Flemish, 1537–1612)  - publisher

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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.)
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	description:	antique laid paper
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	inscription:	In plate: signed at bottom left, “Ioan. Stradanus inuent"
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	inscription:	address at bottom right, Ph[i]l[ip]s Galle excud
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	inscription:	title and one line of Latin in margin: SCVLPTVRA IN AES. | Sculptor noua arte, bracteate in lamina Scalpit figuras, atque praelis imprimit
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	inscription:	numbered bottom left 19
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Eric Gillis Fine Art, Brussels, Belgium
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	the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: March 4, 2019
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Veldman, Ilja M., Ger Luijten, and F. W. H. Hollstein. The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. 1993.
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IMAGES

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