＜New Invention of Modern Times (Nova Reperta)＞: The Invention of Copper Engraving|Jan Collaert IIJan van der Straet, called Stradanus |Search Collection

Updated 14 May 2025

Currently not on display

Currently not on display

Jan Collaert II

Antwerp, 1566 - Antwerp, 1628

Bruges, 1523 - Florence, 1605

Materials and Techniques	Engraving on laid paper
Size（cm）	20.2 x 27.4 (plate); 27.2 x 35.8 (paper)
State	iii/iv, Edition: iv/iv
Inscriptions	Inscribed bottom left: Ian. Stradanus inuent.; bottom right: Ioan Galle excud.; margin: SCVLPTVRA IN ÆS. / Sculptor noua arte, bracteata in lamina Scalpit figuras, atque praelis imprimit.; margin at left: 19
Standard ref.	H. IV (Hans Collaert I), 148; H. VII (Th. Galle), 430; NHD Johannes Stradanus, 341 iii/iv
Category	Prints
Collection Number	G.2021-0002

Roger Passeron (Collector’s mark in the back [Lugt 4096]); purchased by the NMWA, 30 July 2021.

1951: Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. vol. 4, Amsterdam, 1951, no. 148 (Hans Collaert I).
1952: Hollstein, F. W. H. Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts ca. 1450-1700. vol. 7, Amsterdam, 1951, no. 430 (Th. Galle).
1980: Il primato del disegno. Beltramo Ceppi, Claudia, ed. Firenze, 1980 (Firenze e la Toscana dei Medici nell'Europa del Cinquecento), p. 212.
1986: Roberts, Jane. Master Drawings in the Royal Collection from Leonardo da Vinci to the Present Day (exh. cat.). Queen’s Gallery, London, 1986, no. 58.
2008: Leeflang, Huigen. ed. The New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700. Johannes Stradanus Part III. Rotterdam, 2008, no. 341.
2012: Stradanus, 1523-1605: Court Artist of the Medici (exh. cat.). Baroni, Alessandra; Sellink, Manfred, eds. Groeningenmuseum, Bruges, 9 October 2008 - 4 January 2009. Turnhout, 2012, no. 107.
2012: Stijnman, Ad. Engraving and Etching, 1400-2000: A History of the Development of Manual Intaglio Printmaking Processes. London, 2012, pp. 77, 87.