Theodoor Galle. The Invention of Copper Engraving. 1586–1596. Flanders. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper Joannes Stradanus’s image of an intaglio print shop includes plate engravers, roller-press printers, and fresh impressions drying on ropes in the background. The legend Sculptura in Aes implies that the engraving is being done on copper plates. The print is the nineteenth image in the artist’s New Discoveries series, which also included the European arrival in the Americas and the invention of book printing. The latter print clearly distinguishes the movable type and different press o
Theodoor Galle. The Invention of Copper Engraving. 1586–1596. Flanders. Engraving in black on ivory laid paper Joannes Stradanus’s image of an intaglio print shop includes plate engravers, roller-press printers, and fresh impressions drying on ropes in the background. The legend Sculptura in Aes implies that the engraving is being done on copper plates. The print is the nineteenth image in the artist’s New Discoveries series, which also included the European arrival in the Americas and the invention of book printing. The latter print clearly distinguishes the movable type and different press of that medium from the equipment used in engraving pictures that is shown here.
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