Piramides Aegypti (The Pyramids of Egypt), 1572

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series Title

The Eight Wonders of the World (plate 1)

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 22.3 x 26.5 cm (8 3/4 x 10 7/16 in.) cut within platemark

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Leo Steinberg

Catalogue Raisonné

New Hollstein, no. 478, State ii/iv

Accession Number

2011.139.95

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:PIRAMIDES AEGYPTI; in image, lower left: PGalle Fecit / Martinus Heemskerck Inventor / Th Galle excud; lower center in plate: Ardua piramidim phary miarcula reges, struxere, et rapidi dowere hyperionis ignes / Surgentes gradieus moles, monumenta sepuitis, vicinos ferre, ad magnae confinia memphis

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. 478 ii/iv