Inscription
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
Provenance
Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011
Bibliography
- 1993
- The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 478 ii/iv
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