GALLE PHILIPPE (Haarlem 1537 – Anversa 1612)
(Caccia al porcospino) Sic specubus ruptis, per compita…
Date: Antwerp,1600 about
cod. 1885
400,00 €
Hunstmen, aided by dogs, use shovels and rakes to unearth porcupines, which are then trapped in nets; others, armed with axes, kill the prey. Engraving lettered within the image: “Ioes Strada. inven. Phls Galle excu.” Lettered below the image: “Sic specubus ruptis, per compita strata viarum. Retibus aptatis cauti capiuntur Echini” Good copy, light browning.
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