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Print, Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)

This is a Print. It was designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus and published by Philips Galle and engraved by Hans Collaert II and dedicatee: Luigi Alamanni. It is dated ca. 1590 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.

Its dimensions are

19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Bottom center: Joan Stradanus invent. Phls. Galle excud.

Cite this object as

Print, Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times); Designed by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Engraved by Hans Collaert II (Flemish, 1560 - 1628); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Dedicatee: Luigi Alamanni (Italian, 1558–1603); Netherlands; engraving on paper; 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund; 1938-88-8433

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