2014.4: The Invention of Book Printing
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 2014.4
- People
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Theodoor Galle, Flemish (Antwerp 1571 - 1633 Antwerp)
After Jan van der Straet, Netherlandish (Bruges, Belgium 1523 - 1605 Florence, Italy)
- Title
- The Invention of Book Printing
- Other Titles
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Series/Book Title: Nova Reperta
Original Language Title: Impressio Librorum - Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- c. 1591
- Culture
- Flemish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/349745
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Engraving on cream antique laid paper
- Technique
- Engraving
- Dimensions
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plate: 20 x 26.4 cm (7 7/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
sheet: 20.3 x 26.7 cm (8 x 10 1/2 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Kunsthandlung Helmut H. Rumbler, Frankfurt am Main], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- State
- i/iii
- Standard Reference Number
- Hollstein (Galle) 414; New Hollstein (Stradanus) 326
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Acquisition Fund for Prints
- Accession Year
- 2014
- Object Number
- 2014.4
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Verification Level
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