Opticorum Libri Sex
published 1613
Artist, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633
Artist, Flemish, 1567 - 1617
Artwork overview
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Medium
1 vol: ill: engraved title page; text illustration (p.3); 6 headpieces engraved by Theodor Galle after Peter Paul Rubens
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
page size: 35 x 22.1 cm (13 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1989.36.1
Associated Artworks
See all 7 artworksProiectionibvs
Theodor Galle
1571
Lvminoso et Opaco
Theodor Galle
1571
Radio Optico et Horoptere
Theodor Galle
1571
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Hopetoun
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
1997
Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 9, as Illustrations after Sir Peter Paul Rubens in François d'Aguilon: Opticorum Libri Sex by Theodor Galle.
Bibliography
1979
J. Held, RUBENS AND AGUILONIUS..., AB 61(1979), pp.257-264.
1989
E.P. Goldschmidt, 190 FINE BOOKS, cat. 168, no. 3.