Titelpagina voor Aubert Le Mire, Illustrium Galliae Belgicae Scrioptorum Icones, 1608, Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of), 1608

Title(s)

Titelpagina voor Aubert Le Mire, Illustrium Galliae Belgicae Scrioptorum Icones, 1608
Illvstrivm Galliae Belgicae Scrioptorvm Icones (title on object)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1964-3380

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Description

Centraal de titel van het boek, geflankeerd door Hoop en Rechtvaardigheid. Boven de titel de personificatie van Antwerpen. De prent is de titelpagina van Aubert Le Mire, Illustrium Galliae Belgicae Scrioptorum Icones, 1608.

Artist

• print maker: Philips Galle (attributed to workshop of)
• print maker: Theodoor Galle (possibly)
• Aubert le Mire (mentioned on object)
• publisher: Theodoor Galle (mentioned on object)
• Egbert Spithout (mentioned on object)

Place

Antwerp

Dating

1608

Material

• paper

Technique

engraving / letterpress printing

Measurements

height 173 mm × width 116 mm

What

• Hope, 'Spes'; 'Speranza divina e certa' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues - MM - Virtues triumphant
• Justice, 'Justitia'; 'Giustitia divina' (Ripa) ~ one of the Four Cardinal Virtues
• personification of a city, town-patron(ess)

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

Acquisition

purchase 1964

Copyright

Public domain

• Philips Galle, Marjolein Leesberg, Manfred Sellink, p. 29-30