Live auction - Lot 563
[Flemish]
The foundation of the temple of Solomon.
COLLAERT, Adriaen. After Johannes Stradanus
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
Antwerp, Philips Galle, 1587-1591
Contemp. hand-coloured engraving, 22 x 28,5 cm, laid paper, signed in the plate at lower right "Phs. Galle exc. / Ioann. Stradanus invent." (some min. folds, laid down, trimmed to platemark).
Under passe-partout.
The temple of Solomon is rebuilt to the sound of music; to the left a curved horn, natural trumpet, and other loud wind instruments. To the right are singers and trumpets of various shapes. From the series "Encomium Musices" (18 pl.).
Ref. New Hollstein (Stradanus), 484.