New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Clockwork, plate 5
First plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a sailor (Vespucci) coming to shore and discovering America. He encounters a native woman seated in a hammock. In the background different figures are seated on the ground; a woman roasts a human leg on a wood-burning fire. In the middle ground on the right a horse and a bear approach one another. In the foreground on the right an anteater searches for food. On the left a ship rocks in the ocean and another is pushed up against the shore.
Artwork Details
- Title: New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Clockwork, plate 5
- Artist: Theodoor Galle (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1571–1633 Antwerp)
- Artist: After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Netherlandish, Bruges 1523–1605 Florence)
- Publisher: Philips Galle (Netherlandish, Haarlem 1537–1612 Antwerp)
- Date: ca. 1600
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: sheet: 10 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. (27 x 20 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.95.868(7)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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