Artist:

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605  Search this

Engraver:

Cornelis Galle I, Flemish, 1576 - 1650  Search this

Publisher:

Philips Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612  Search this

Medium:

Black ink on paper

Dimensions:

20.2 × 26.1 cm (7 15/16 × 10 1/4 in.)

Type:

figures

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

Netherlands

Date:

1596

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Horizontal rectangle. The apiary is at right. In the foreground, the bee-masters are beating the bushes, driving out the moths hidden in them toward flaming lamps set up on the ground. At lower left: "I. Stradanus inv. C Galle sculp"; at lower right: "Phls Galle excud." Below: "MELLIFERIS INFESTI APIBUS SUNT PAPILIONES..."

Credit Line:

Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson

Accession Number:

1952-37-21

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40c74c3ab-562b-4ec8-9345-11f33a1d34eb

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1952-37-21