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Date
[between 1590 and 1600, but this impression later]
Location
[Antwerp, Belgium?]
Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp, Belgium
Media format
Image
Extent
1 print
Language
Latin
Size
platemark 198 x 271 mm
Genre
Art
Reference IDs
Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: vol. XI, p. 160, no. 116
Folger bibliographic ID: 255152
British Museum collection database, [via www, Oct. 20 2009]: registration no. F,1.164
Folger call number: Use item's call number to search Digital Image Collection (direct link to come)
Folger holdings ID: 335825
Folger bibliographic ID: 255152
British Museum collection database, [via www, Oct. 20 2009]: registration no. F,1.164
Folger call number: Use item's call number to search Digital Image Collection (direct link to come)
Folger holdings ID: 335825
Summary
At center, Emperor Justinian on horseback in a square, receiving the first imported silkworm cocoons from two monks; the emperor's entourage seen on either side; two dogs seen in the foreground.--From British Museum
Notes
General notes
Dates from British Museum Folger copy is printed on wove paper '2' inscribed in plate in lower left corner beneath image One line in French inscribed in plate beneath Latin title Also available as a digital reproduction
Also known as
Extended title: Monachi duo Iustiniano principi, semen dedere, vermus vnde sericus ... Ioan. Stradanus inuent. ; [Karel van Mallery]
Alternate titles: Vermis serivs. The history of the silkworm and silk-spinning, Vermis sericus
Alternate titles: Vermis serivs. The history of the silkworm and silk-spinning, Vermis sericus
Related names
printmaker: Mallery, Karel van, 1571-approximately 1635
depiction: Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
artist: Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605
depiction: Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
artist: Straet, Jan van der, 1523-1605