Fire, from The Four Elements
Philips Galle
1564
Medium
Engraving on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 19 × 23.8 cm (7 1/2 × 9 3/8 in.); sheet: 22.8 × 27.4 cm (9 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
267948
About the Artist
Philips Galle · 1537–1612
Philips Galle (1537–1612) was a leading Netherlandish engraver, designer, and print publisher whose career bridged the vibrant artistic scenes of Haarlem and Antwerp. Born in Haarlem, he studied under the humanist engraver Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert, honing his skills in reproductive printmaking. Early on, Galle produced engravings after the Haarlem master Maarten van Heemskerck, capturing the Man...