1645
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Title Page for Hubert Goltzius, Romanae et Graecae Antiqvitatis Monvmenta (Opera Omnia, I) is a 1645 ink by Cornelis Galle I, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a chaotic scene of muscular figures in dramatic poses. A woman in armor stands at the center, holding a shield and a book. Around her, men fight with swords and spears, while others clutch broken columns or fallen tools. One figure lies on the ground, and a child clings to a man’s leg. The text in the middle reads like a title, but the letters are added by hand in brown ink. This mix of print and handwriting hints at how the image was made. Next, look up engraving to see how artists like this carved detailed images into metal.
Cornelis Galle the Elder (1576 – 29 March 1650), a younger son of Philip Galle, was born at Antwerp in 1576, and was taught engraving by his father.
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