Color Olivi (Invention of Oil Painting), plate 14 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Designer
Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
Publisher
Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
Dedicatee
Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A busy art studio, with a group of artists and students at work. At the center, a painter works on a large canvas where an image of St. George and the Dragon is visible. Assistants prepare pigment. A student in the foreground copies a sculpture; another painter at background left portrays a seated woman from life.
ca. 1596
Accession Number
1955-35-2
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 20.1 x 27 cm (7 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
made in
Antwerp, Netherlands
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Record ID
chndm_1955-35-2
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4dc9581ed-69db-48b2-b5a7-11cf13dd6509
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