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From 1600, he was scaling down his activities as a pub­
lisher to a large extant, leaving business in the hands of
his son Theodoor. It was, in fact, Theodoor Galle who
must have acquired a large number of plates once belong­
ing to Aux quatre vents, judging by the large numbers of
reissues of such prints with his address. Here reproduced
is the first print of the series Victories of Emperor Charles V,
engraved by Coornhert. This series was thrice issued by
Hieronymus Cock and once by Diericx, before Philips
Galle again published it at an unknown date; compare
Rosier 1990-91 and New Hollstein, Ivlaarten van
Heemskerck, vol. 2, pp. 200-211, nos. 524-535.
71. In this light it is also understandable that Galle
added the word "Harlem en [sis]" ("from Haarlem") after
his own name in the inscription in the lower margin, thus
indicating to the public that he was, in fact, the same pub­
lisher previously known to publish prints in Haarlem.
There is another (later) edition of the print without the
name of his residence. Galle also issued several copies of
his own engraving, attesting to the popularity of this
engraving of the much debated statue of Duke of Alva.
On the stirring history of Jonghelinck s statue, see Becker
1973,Meijer 1979, pp. 117-119 and Smolderen 1980.
72. The here illustrated engraving is signed "ad
insigne aurei cervi in piatea lombardica veteri" ("At the
sign ofThe Golden Deer in the Lombardenvest"). On the
series of Lot, see Hollstein, vol 2, p. 59, nos. 6-13; idem,
vol. 8, p. 74, nos. 4-ll;TIB. 56, pp. 13-16, nos. 4:1-4 and
jost 1960, pp. 162-165, nos. III, 1-4. For the fact that the
series must be dated around 1571/72, see chapter 4, note
61. From the address on a letter from Hubert Goltzius to
Abraham Ortels dated 2 March 1570, it appears that the
geographer must have lived right opposite his friend Galle:
i s
De Eersamen en[de] discreten Sr. Abraham/ Ortels inde
oude Lombart straet/ teghen over den gulden Hert/
Tantwerpen" ("The honourable Mr. Abraham Ortels, in
the Lombardenvest, opposite The Golden Deer, in
Antwerp"); cp. Monballieu 1984, p. 218.
73. That Galle owned The Golden Deer is appar­
ent from the records of a tax, levied in 1584-85 to finance
the defence of the city against the siege by Farnese; cp.
Van Roey 1988-89, p. 428. From these records it is also
apparent that even in these hard times, Galle could still be
reckoned as reasonably well-off in comparison to most of
his colleagues (also compare chapter 4, note 197).
Regarding the constitution of this neighbourhood, com
Notes Chapter 1
155
pare Van Roey 1966 and Van Roey 1988-89, passim. Also
living in the Lombardenvest around 1585, were, for exam
pie,Johannes Sadelerjan Baptist Vrints and the widow of
Hans Lieffirinck with her son Hans Liefrrinck theYounger.
74. The first mention of De Witte hdie known to
me is the address on the title page of Abraham Ortels s
historical treatise Aurei saeculi imago, published by Philips
Galle in 1596:"Apud Phillipum Gal!aeum,sub Lilio albo'\
See note 48. This may indicate that Galle had then only
just moved to this house, as his imprint as a publisher near­
ly never includes the name of his residence. One of such
other instances is rather puzzling. On an anonymously
etched view of tine Antwerp citadel, dated 1577 and made
after a drawing by Hans Bol,the following address is added:
"Men vintse te coope, by Philips Galle in de Camerstrate
tot Antwerpen " ("One can find them for sale at Philips
Galle s in the Kammenstraat"); compare Delen 1930, p.
93, no. 93 and Couvreur 1983-85, p. 525. It is unclear
whether this could also refer to Met Gulden Hert - the
Kammenstraat runs into Lombardenvest or that Galle s
print-shop in 1577 (temporarily?) was located at anoth­
er address. On the inventories of De Witte Lelie at the
deaths of Theodoor and Johannes Galle, see below,
75. On the three Heemskerck series, see New
Hollstein,Maanen van Heemskerck, vol. 2,pp. 29-35,nos.
321-328 (The Lord's prayer), pp. 181-185, nos, 501-506
(Reward of labour), pp. 192-197, nos. 513-520 (Eight won­
ders), On the portraits from 1572, compare appendix 2B;
the series of popes is described in appendix 2F. On
Zsamboky's (also known as Johannes Sambucus) book -
to which Galle s humanist friend Hugo Favolius also con­
tributed several verses see Cockx-Indestege 1968-94,
vol. l,p. 347, no. 4239.
76. On the Deorum dearumque, see chapter 2, note
107. It is interesting to note that the original preparatory
drawings for the ornaments surrounding the coins were
reused by Ortels in his album amkomm; compare Puraye
1969.The series Christijesu vitae speculum and Diuinarum
nupiiamm are discussed extensively in chapter 4.
77. On Bol's landscapes,see Hollstein, vol. 2,p. 52,
nos. 164-193 and vol. 7, p. 77, nos. 160-189 (wrongly cat­
alogued as etched by Philips Galle) and note 60; two
preparatory dm wings - signed and dated 1573 - are in the
Rijksprentenkahniet in Amsterdam, see Boon 1978, vol. 1,
p. 30, nos. 80-81. Several other drawings dated 1573 were