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The Parable of The Good Shepherd,
1565
Philip Galle, 1537–1612; born Haarlem, Netherlands; died Antwerp, Belgium
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1525–1569; born Breda, Netherlands; died Brussels, Belgium
after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, ca. 1525–1569; born Breda, Netherlands; died Brussels, Belgium
2010-145
Philips Galle began his career as an engraver for Hieronymous Cock’s Antwerp publishing house, Aux Quatre Vents. After Cock’s death, Galle established his own publishing house. While neither Galle’s name nor his initials appears on the Caritas print that was engraved by Galle and published by Cock, Galle’s name appears twice in this engraving, once to signify that Galle was the engraver and once to signal that he was also the publisher. Brueghel’s name also appears on the print, where he is credited as the designer. By deploying a broad range of textural and linear effects—from the dense crosshatching to convey shadows to the stippling that describes the sheep’s fleece—Galle demonstrates his virtuosity as an engraver.
Information
Title
The Parable of The Good Shepherd
Dates
1565
Maker
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
sheet (sheet trimmed to plate): 22.4 × 29.5 cm (8 13/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles A. Ryskamp
Object Number
2010-145
Place Made
Europe
Inscription
Inscribed in plate in doorframe, center: • IOHA • IO • / EGO SVM OSTIVM OVIVM.
Inscribed in plate, lower left: BRVEGEL •IN•VEN•
Dated and initialed in plate, lower center: 1565 / PG.F. [in axe head]
Four lines of Latin in two columns printed below plate, from left to right: HICTVTO STABVLATE VIRI, SVCCEDITE TECTIS; … ATQVE FVRVM LEX EST, QVOS MEA CAVLA FVGIT • HAD•IVN. [Hadrianus Junius]
Reference Numbers
Bastelaer 122; Hollstein 122; New Hollstein 149 (Galle), 3 (Bruegel); Lebeer 59
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- René van Bastelaer, Les estampes de Peter Brvegel l’ancien (Bruxelles: G. van Oest & Co., 1908)., no. 83
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F.W.H. Hollstein, “Fouceel-Gole,” Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings, and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: M. Hertzberger, 1952).
, no. 122 - Louis Lebeer, Catalogue raisonné des estampes de Bruegel l’Ancien (Bruxelles: Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier, 1969)., no. 59
- Marjolein Leesberg and Manfred Sellink, "Philippe Galle," New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers; Amsterdam: In co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, 2001)., no. 146
- Nadine M. Orenstein and Manfred Sellink, ed., "Pieter Bruegel, the Elder" New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 (Oudekerk aan den IJssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, in co-operation with the Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2006)., no. 3
- "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2010," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 70 (2011): p. 69-110., p. 86 (color illus.)
