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

This is a Print. It was designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and published by Philips Galle and dedicatee: Luigi Alamanni. It is dated ca. 1596 and we acquired it in 1955. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

Sheet: 20.1 x 27 cm (7 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.)

It is signed

Within the plate: "Ion. Stradanus Invent.", "Phls. Galle excud,"

It is inscribed

In margin, and left, numbered 14; at center: COLOR OLIVI. Bottom margin includes a line of inscription in latin: "Colorem olivi commodum pictoribus, Invenit insignis magister Eyckius"

Cite this object as

Print, Color Olivi (Invention of Oil Painting), plate 14 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times); Designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Dedicatee: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558–1603); Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; Sheet: 20.1 x 27 cm (7 15/16 x 10 5/8 in.); 1955-35-2

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