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Siege of Milan
| Reference: | S50315 |
| Author | Philippe GALLE |
| Year: | 1583 |
| Measures: | 300 x 225 mm |
€750.00
- New
| Reference: | S50315 |
| Author | Philippe GALLE |
| Year: | 1583 |
| Measures: | 300 x 225 mm |
€750.00
Description
The capture of Milan; in the foreground, a carriage and a horse, seen from behind, two men emerging from a tent; at centre, troops seen marching from all sides with lances, banners and some playing drums; behind, a panoramic view of Milan, with the city walls.
Engraving, circa 1583, signed lower center. From a drawing by Jan van der Straet.
A good example in the second state from the Mediceae Familiae Rerum Feliciter Gestarum Victoriae et Triumphi series of 20 plates plus a frontispiece dedicated to Ambrose of Marienburg.
This series is divided into three parts and celebrates victories and triumphs, including the exploits of Charles V and Cosimo de' Medici. The engravings are by Philippe Galle, based on drawings by Jan van der Straet. They illustrate the history of the Medici family, focusing in particular on the victories and triumphs of figures such as Charles V and Cosimo I de' Medici.
Magnificent work, rich in tone, printed on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the plate and mounted on an antique collector’s support, in excellent condition.
Bibliografia
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (355.II) (Johannes Stradanus)(362.II); Baroni Vannucci 1997 / Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, flandrus pictor et inventor (691.12).
Philippe GALLE (Haarlem, 1537; Anversa, 12 o 29 Marzo 1612)
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Draughtsman, engraver, publisher, print dealer, writer and historian. It is possible that he was a pupil in Haarlem of Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert, but more than likely he was trained in the Antwerp workshop of Hieronymous Cock, who published Galle’s first prints in 1557 and for whom he worked for many years. Shortly after 1557 Philip Galle started his own publishing and print business, for which he travelled extensively: in 1560–61 he visited the southern Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. After 1564 he settled in Antwerp, where he acquired citizenship in 1571, the same year in which he became a master in the city’s Guild of St Luke. He served as dean of the guild from 1585 to 1587. His documented pupils were H. van Doort in 1580, Karel van Mallery (1571–1635) in 1586, Jean-Baptiste Barbé (1578–1649) in 1594 and Peter Backereel (d 1637) in 1605. Others working at the workshop and publishing house included Philip’s sons Theodor and Cornelis, his son-in-law Adriaen Collaert, pupils van Mallery and Barbé, the Wierix brothers, Hendrick Goltzius, Crispijn de Passe I and other members of the Collaert family.
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Philippe GALLE (Haarlem, 1537; Anversa, 12 o 29 Marzo 1612)
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Draughtsman, engraver, publisher, print dealer, writer and historian. It is possible that he was a pupil in Haarlem of Dirk Volkertsz. Coornhert, but more than likely he was trained in the Antwerp workshop of Hieronymous Cock, who published Galle’s first prints in 1557 and for whom he worked for many years. Shortly after 1557 Philip Galle started his own publishing and print business, for which he travelled extensively: in 1560–61 he visited the southern Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. After 1564 he settled in Antwerp, where he acquired citizenship in 1571, the same year in which he became a master in the city’s Guild of St Luke. He served as dean of the guild from 1585 to 1587. His documented pupils were H. van Doort in 1580, Karel van Mallery (1571–1635) in 1586, Jean-Baptiste Barbé (1578–1649) in 1594 and Peter Backereel (d 1637) in 1605. Others working at the workshop and publishing house included Philip’s sons Theodor and Cornelis, his son-in-law Adriaen Collaert, pupils van Mallery and Barbé, the Wierix brothers, Hendrick Goltzius, Crispijn de Passe I and other members of the Collaert family.
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