Title page for Opticorum Libri Sex

Theodor Galle

Artist, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 31.2 x 19.8 cm (12 5/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
    page size: 35 x 22.1 cm (13 3/4 x 8 11/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1989.36.1.a

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Associated Artworks

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Proiectionibvs

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Lvminoso et Opaco

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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.

Inscriptions

center in plate: FRANCISCI / AGVILONII / E SOCIETATE IESV / OPTICORVM / LIBRI SEX / Philosophis iuxta ac Mathematicis / utiles. / ANTVERPIAE, / EX OFFICINA PLA NTINIANA, / Apud Viduam et Filios Io. Moreti. / M. DC. XIII.

Wikidata ID

Q74882666

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