1574
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Vision of Saint Peter is a 1574 ink by Philip Galle, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows four scenes packed into one frame. On the left, a man climbs a tall building while another leans out a window. In the center, a woman holds a sleeping child while a man stands nearby, looking at a map. On the right, two men study a model of a city, with a ship and people in the background. The tiny details stand out—like the man’s careful hand on the map or the ship’s sails in the distance. This kind of layered storytelling was common in Renaissance art. Look up engraving to see how artists carved these sharp lines into metal.
Philip (or Philips) Galle (1537 – March 1612) was a Dutch publisher, best known for publishing old master prints, which he also produced as designer and engraver. He is especially known for his reproductive engravings of paintings.
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