Galle, Philippe. Praepetibus pennis caput inter nubila condit ...

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700: vol. VII, p. 79, no. 392
Folger bibliographic ID: 255257
New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700: Phillips Galle, part II, p. 242, no. 296
British Museum collection database, [via www, Nov. 24 2009]: registration no. 1927,0915.272
Folger call number: ART Box H458 no.4
Folger holdings ID: 336095
Accession Number: 206770

Trumpeting Fame rides atop a chariot drawn by two elephants, one of them treading on Death; Alexander the Great leads the procession with Julius Caesar by the elephants and Plato and Cato by the wheels.--From British Museum

General notes

Both Hollstein and the British Museum attribute this plate to Philippe Galle According to New Hollstein, this is state 3 of 3, which was included in Jan Galle's Speculum diversarum imaginum ... , 1638. First state published ca. 1565 '4' inscribed in plate, bottom center 2 columns of Latin text inscribed in plate beneath image Also available as a digital reproduction

Extended title: Praepetibus pennis caput inter nubila condit ... M. i
Alternate titles: Six triumphs of Petrarch, Praepetibvs pennis capvt inter nvbila condit, Triumphs of Petrarch

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374. Canzoniere trionfi Caesar, Julius Cato, Marcus Porcius, 95 B.C.-46 B.C. Fame Elephants Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Plato

printmaker: Galle, Philippe, 1537-1612
depiction: Caesar, Julius
depiction: Cato, Marcus Porcius, 95 B.C.-46 B.C.
depiction: Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
depiction: Plato
artist: Heemskerk, Martin van, 1498-1574
publisher: Galle, Jan, 1600-1676