The Marriage of Labor and Diligence
Medium
engraving
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1974.33.2
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Philip Galle after Maerten van Heemskerck
**Philip Galle (1537–1612)** was a leading Dutch engraver, printmaker, and publisher of the late Renaissance, renowned for his reproductive engravings after prominent painters of his era, including Maerten van Heemskerck. Born in Haarlem, he trained under the humanist and engraver Dirck Volkertsz. Coornhert and began his career producing prints after local artists. Galle established himself as an...