Vermis sericus - Warming silkworms to be weaved (after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus)
Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537 - Antwerp 1612)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1523 - 1605
Materials
Paper, Wood
Measurements
203 x 267 mm
Order this imageCollection
Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland
NT 511840
Summary
Print, engraving, Vermis sericus - Warming silkworms to be weaved (after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus) by Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537 - Antwerp 1612). One of a set of six early engravings (LIN/P/56 to 61) of silk worm farming and silk weaving in 16th century Florentine houses. The prints depict silk worm farming and preparation of the looms for weaving. They were engraved by Philip Galle (1537 - 1612) after the originals by Jan van der Straet (1523 -1605). In moulded frames. This engraving depicts the reeling process and shows lozenge shaped reels. The cocoons are collected and put into a kind of wood fired boiler with a separator for removing the silk. The woman on the left may be taking the silk off the reel.
Makers and roles
Philip Galle (Haarlem 1537 - Antwerp 1612), engraver (printmaker) Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Bruges 1523 - Florence 1605), artist