ALBANVS
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605
Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612
Graphic
Edition Statement 1ed. ; Print Statement1
Philippo Galleo editi
Antwerp]
[1578c.]
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 210 x 264 mm on sheet 246 x 345 mm
paper
Latin
Netherlands
Within image: "ALBANVS". Adressed and signed at bottom right of centre: " Iohan Stradanus inven." and "Phls Gallæus excudit.". In lower margin, in two lines and two columns: "Herbida fundit equos … flant ore cruentas". Numbered "5" at left.
Pr. 5 of: Horses, Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612, TT.12.6 (title page, fig. 1-30)
Biblioteca Angelica 3
The print is part of the fourth series of the set, originally composed by eight prints; according to Hollstein, the engraver might be either Jan Collaert or Hendrik Goltzius, as both worked for the rest of the series; Upper right corner, in pencil: "28".
Good
Horses
Biblioteca Angelica
Fondo antico
TT.12.6(fig.27)
Link to mother card
TT.12.6(title page,fig.1-30)
The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings engravings and woodcuts ca. 1450-1700, Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel 2008, Johannes Stradanus, vol. III, p. 252, n° 563.