Seneca Standing in the Bath
Cornelis Galle I after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
1551 to 1600
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Accession Number
1978.29.2
About the Artist
Cornelis Galle I after Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Cornelis Galle I, born in 1576 in Antwerp as the younger son of the renowned engraver and publisher Philip Galle, received his foundational training under his father, mastering the meticulous techniques of line engraving in the family workshop. Following this apprenticeship, Galle journeyed to Italy around 1597, residing in Siena, Rome, and Genoa until approximately 1603. There, he studied works b...