Siena
| Reference: | CO-968 |
| Author | Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE |
| Year: | 1583 ca. |
| Zone: | Siena |
| Printed: | Antwerpen |
| Measures: | 110 x 80 mm |
€180.00
| Reference: | CO-968 |
| Author | Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE |
| Year: | 1583 ca. |
| Zone: | Siena |
| Printed: | Antwerpen |
| Measures: | 110 x 80 mm |
€180.00
Description
Miniature map from the "Epitome thatri Orteliani" by Philippe Galle.
“Over fifteen years, Philip Galle gradually engraved a second series of miniature plates for his pocket Ortelius atlas and for the most part these have very short titles in capital letters, quite different from the first set. They are also altogether plainer and clearer, with less detail and decoration and may be easily distinguished from the first series (see 1577), as they all have plain double-line borders too. The first eleven were new maps which he introduced in 1583. A further eleven followed in 1585/88 and during the next decade Galle engraved more new ones, till there were fifty-one by his final edition of 1598. It is often said that this second series was much better engraved than the first, but in reality, they were just drawn in a more plain and less crowded style: it was the way they were drawn that changed. Between 1598 and 1601, Jan B. Vrients acquired the plates and published the last editions of the atlas in 1601 and 1602, with both new and revised plates”. [cfr. G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 64-65].
Copperplate, in good conditions.
Bibliografia
Koeman: Ortelius 61, G. King, Miniature Antique Maps, pp. 64-65;
Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE (Haarlem, 1537 - Anversa, 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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Abraham ORTELIUS - Philip GALLE (Haarlem, 1537 - Anversa, 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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