Pharos (The Lighthouse at Alexandria), 1572

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series Title

The Eight Wonders of the World (plate 2)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 22.2 x 27.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 13/16 in.), cut within platemark

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 479, State ii/ii

Accession Number

2011.139.94

Artists / Makers

Philip Galle (artist) Netherlandish, 1537 - 1612

Maerten van Heemskerck (artist after) Netherlandish, 1498 - 1574

Theodor Galle (publisher) Flemish, c. 1571 - 1633

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in image: PHAROS; lower right: Martinus Heemskerck inventor / Phillipus Galle fecit; across bottom of plate: Curisbus extruxti ratium / Nocturnis pharon, ut quum nox tenebrosa sileret, / Clara, vicem in phaebesvomerent funalia lucem, / infida, ut nili sictutius ora subivent

Provenance

Leo Steinberg, New York (1920-2011); Estate of Leo Steinberg; gift to NGA, 2011

Associated Names

Steinberg, Leo, Estate of

Bibliography

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Galle). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 479, ii/ii