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Pulvis pyrius
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Pulvis pyrius
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Nova Reperta
After: Johannes Stradanus (Netherlandish, 1523–1605)
Possibly engraved by: Hans (Jan Baptist I) Collaert (Netherlandish, 1566–1628)
Published by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
Possibly engraved by: Hans (Jan Baptist I) Collaert (Netherlandish, 1566–1628)
Published by: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, 1537–1612)
about 1600
Medium/Technique
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 27 x 43 cm (10 5/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
Image: 21.7 x 28.1 cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Image: 21.7 x 28.1 cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2014.44
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Hollstein (Dutch and Flemish) IV, Hans (Jan Baptist I) Collaert, no. 132 (series 129-148)
Signed
Not signed
Marks
Verso, on old backing sheet, in ink: 202/97; MFA stamp with accession number in pencil: 2014.44
InscriptionsIn plate, within engraved border, left of center: Ioan.Stradanus inuent; lower center: Phls Galle excud.; in margin below engraved border, lower left: 3.; lower center: PVLVIS PYRIVS./ left: Manu quati tonitrua atq fulmina; right: Datum videtur inferis ab inuidis.
Provenance2013, sold by Estampes Martinez, Paris, to James A. Bergquist (dealer), Newton, MA; 2014, sold by James Bergquist to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 29, 2014)