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New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of America, plate 1
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New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Discovery of America, plate 1. Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence); Theodoor Galle (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1571-1633 Antwerp). Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm). Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Date: ca. 1600.
First plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a sailor (Vespucci) coming to shore and discovering America. He encounters a native woman seated in a hammock. In the background different figures are seated on the ground; a woman roasts a human leg on a wood-burning fire. In the middle ground on the right a horse and a bear approach one another. In the foreground on the right an anteater searches for food. On the left a ship rocks in the ocean and another is pushed up against the shore.
Técnica/material:
engraving
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Editor:
Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp)
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Tamaño imagen:
3902 x 2895 px | 32.3 MB
Tamaño impresión:
33.0 x 24.5 cm | 13.0 x 9.7 in (300 dpi)
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