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JAN COLLAERT I, AFTER JAN VAN DER STRAET, CALLED STRADANUS. New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3. Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530-1581 Antwerp); After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm). Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Date: ca. 1600.
Third plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a gunpowder factory. In the foreground on the left a man chisels the top to a canon. In the center two men work on the back of a canon. On the right a seated man works on another series of canons while looking toward the viewer. In the background a man pushes a canon around in a kiln, while another also works with fire on the upper level of the factory. In the background on the right, several canons go off to test the gunpowder; behind the fortified wall, a tower crumbles into an inferno due to the blast.

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Author:

JAN COLLAERT I (ca. 1530-1581) • AFTER JAN VAN DER STRAET, CALLED STRADANUS (1523-1605)

Title:

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3

Caption:

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3. Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530-1581 Antwerp); After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523-1605 Florence). Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm). Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp). Date: ca. 1600. Third plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a gunpowder factory. In the foreground on the left a man chisels the top to a canon. In the center two men work on the back of a canon. On the right a seated man works on another series of canons while looking toward the viewer. In the background a man pushes a canon around in a kiln, while another also works with fire on the upper level of the factory. In the background on the right, several canons go off to test the gunpowder; behind the fortified wall, a tower crumbles into an inferno due to the blast.

Technique/material:

engraving

Museum:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Publisher:

Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537-1612 Antwerp)

Credit:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Image size:

3851 x 2933 px | 32.3 MB

Print size:

32.6 x 24.8 cm | 12.8 x 9.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

AFTER JAN VAN DER STRAET, CALLED STRADANUS • DRAWINGS AND PRINTS • ENGRAVING • EUROPE • JAN COLLAERT I • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • NETHERLANDS • PHILIPS GALLE (NETHERLANDISH, HAARLEM 1537-1612 ANTWERP) • PRINTS