Pharos (The Lighthouse at Alexandria)

1572

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Theodor Galle

Publisher, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.2 x 27.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.), cut within platemark

  • Accession

    2011.139.94

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 479, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 479, ii/ii

Inscriptions

upper center in image: PHAROS; lower right: Martinus Heemskerck inventor / Phillipus Galle fecit; across bottom of plate: Curisbus extruxti ratium / Nocturnis pharon, ut quum nox tenebrosa sileret, / Clara, vicem in phaebesvomerent funalia lucem, / infida, ut nili sictutius ora subivent

Wikidata ID

Q76559255

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