File:Print, Fighting serpents with fire, ca. 1595 (CH 18391975).jpg

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Summary

English: Print, Fighting serpents with fire, ca. 1595 (

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Artist

Engraved by Philip Galle. Engraved by Karel van Mallery

Title

English: Print, Fighting serpents with fire, ca. 1595

Description

English: Horizontal rectangle. A group of serpents is trapped in the underbrush, in the foreground, caught in flames set by men with torches. In the background, an animal is being devoured whole by a serpent. Near left center: "I. Stradanus inv. / C. de Mallery Sculp. / Phls Galle exc." Below: "INGENTEM VEGETO SERPENTEM..."

Date

circa 1595

Medium

engraving on paper

Dimensions

20.3 × 26.2 cm (8 in. × 10 5/16 in.)

Collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

	Native name	Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
	Parent institution	Smithsonian Institution
	Location	New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 47′ 05″ N, 73° 57′ 29″ W
	Established	1964
	Website	www.cooperhewitt.org
	Authority file	: Q1129820 VIAF: 156924364 ISNI: 0000000406043167 LCCN: n80056822 Open Library: OL545974A SUDOC: 031882668 WorldCat

Current location

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design

Accession number

1952-37-16

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. A. W. Erickson

Notes

Type: Print
Inscribed: Near left center: I. Stradanus inv. / C. de Mallery Sculp. / Phls Galle exc.; Below: INGENTEM VEGETO SERPENTEM...; Lower left: 44; Lower right: XVI
Country: Netherlands

Source/Photographer

Catalog Photo

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