BRITANNVS

Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619

Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605

Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612

Graphic

Edition Statement 1ed. ; Print Statement1

[Philip Galle]

Antwerp]

[1578c.]

1 print : engraving ; plate mark 210 x 264 mm on sheet 246 x 345 mm

paper

Latin

Netherlands

Within image: "BRITANNVS". Signed at bottom right: "Joan. Strada. inven." and "Hieron. Wierix sculp.". In lower margin, in two lines and two columns: "At quem Romanis … sesorem verbere vexat".

Pr. 3 of: Horses, Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612, TT.12.6 (title page, fig. 1-30)

Biblioteca Angelica 3

The print is part of the first series of the set, originally composed by seventeen prints, the last one added later (with number 17); Upper right corner, in pencil: "7".

Good

Horses

Biblioteca Angelica

Fondo antico

TT.12.6(fig.6)

Link to mother card

TT.12.6(title page,fig.1-30)

Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Rotterdam 2004, The Wierix family, vol. X, p. 126, n° 2197; The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel 2008, Jo