Samson drives out the Philistines
| Reference: | S42602 |
| Author | Philippe GALLE |
| Year: | 1560 ca. |
| Measures: | 265 x 265 mm |
| Reference: | S42602 |
| Author | Philippe GALLE |
| Year: | 1560 ca. |
| Measures: | 265 x 265 mm |
Description
Engraving, 1560 circa, lettered on a shield below "Martin / heems / kerck / inven" and "Philippus gallus fecit H. Cock excu". Numbered below "4". First state with the publisher’s address of H. Cock. Invented by Maerten van Heemskerck. Engraved by Philips Galle
From the series The story of Samson, consisting of six circular plates (cfr. New Hollstein, nn. 85-90).
Samson smiting the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass; a ferocious battle with a heap of bodies below; in the distance a field of wheat is in flames and Samson walks off with some gates.
Maarten Van Heemskerck (1498 - 1574), painter and print designer, trained in Haarlem under Jan van Scorel and worked in Haarlem and Italy. He was a prolific designer of compositions for prints, almost all made by others. Artists who engraved after his drawings are Dirk Coornhert (c.1547-59), Philips Galle (from 1559), Cornelis Bos and Theodoor de Bry.
A fine impression, printed with tone on contemporary laid paper, trimmed to the platemark, very good condition.
Bibliografia
Riggs 1977 121; New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 15 (Philips Galle); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) 88.I (Maarten van Heemskerck).
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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