Lapis Polaris, Magnes (The Lodestone, The Magnet)

c. 1590/1593

Hans Collaert the Younger

Artist, Flemish, 1566 - 1628

Philip Galle

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Attributed to Hans Collaert the Younger after Jan van der Straet

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 20.2 × 26.7 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 27 × 35.1 cm (10 5/8 × 13 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1576

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 324, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2007

  • Fabulous Journeys and Faraway Places: Travels on Paper, 1450 - 1700, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. 72 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1952: Vol. VII, no. 412.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Johannes Stradanus, Marjolein Leesberg, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2008, no. 324, state i/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65512212

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