Piramides Aegypti (The Pyramids of Egypt)

1572

Philip Galle

Artist, Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Theodor Galle

Publisher, Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

Maerten van Heemskerck

Artist After, Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Philip Galle, after Maerten van Heemskerck

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.3 x 26.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    2011.139.95

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 478, State ii/iv

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. 478 ii/iv

Inscriptions

upper center, in image:PIRAMIDES AEGYPTI; in image, lower left: PGalle Fecit / Martinus Heemskerck Inventor / Th Galle excud; lower center in plate: Ardua piramidim phary miarcula reges, struxere, et rapidi dowere hyperionis ignes / Surgentes gradieus moles, monumenta sepuitis, vicinos ferre, ad magnae confinia memphis

Wikidata ID

Q76559257

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