Conspicilla [graphic] / Ioan. Stradanus inuent. ; Ioan. Collaert sculp.
1636
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Title
Conspicilla [graphic] / Ioan. Stradanus inuent. ; Ioan. Collaert sculp.
Variant title
New Hollstein title: Invention of eyeglasses
Edition
[State 3 of 4].
Created/published
[Antwerp] : Ioan. Galle excud, [between 1636 and 1677]
Description
1 print : engraving ; plate mark 199 x 268 mm
Associated name
Collaert, Jan, 1566-1628, printmaker.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605, artist.
Galle, Jan, 1600-1676, publisher.
Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605, artist.
Galle, Jan, 1600-1676, publisher.
Material base
paper
Summary
A market square with various shops open to the street. To viewer's left, a shop selling eyeglasses and lenses; to right, a scrivener's shop; behind, a shoemaker amd a woman sewing. Most people seen wearing glasses.
Note
Title from item.
Plate numbered "15." From Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).
State and plate mark dimensions from New Hollstein.
Plate numbered "15." From Nova reperta, a set of 20 prints illustrating new inventions and discoveries, after drawings by Jan van der Straet. The set was published in Antwerp, first by Philips Galle (ca. 1591) and later by Karel de Mallery (after 1612), Theodoor Galle (before 1636) and Johannes Galle (before 1677) (New Hollstein).
State and plate mark dimensions from New Hollstein.
Folger-specific note
Also cataloged as a set.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001-2002. The Reader Revealed (catalog entry 30)
Cited/described in
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Stradanus, Johannes 337
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Collaert Dynasty 1208
Baroni Vannucci, A. Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, 697.15
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700, Collaert Dynasty 1208
Baroni Vannucci, A. Jan van der Straet, detto Giovanni Stradano, 697.15
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library ART Vol. f81 no.15
Genre/form
Prints.
Place of creation/publication
Belgium -- Antwerp.
Item Details
Call number
ART Vol. f81 no.15
Folger-specific note
Numbering effaced. Trimmed within plate mark and inlaid to larger sheet.
Folger accession
202670