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7, p. 77, no, 155;TIB.56,p.212,no.60;VanBastelaer 1906,
p, 126, no. 116; Lebeer 1969, p. 31, no. 86. The grisaille
once owned by Ortels, is now in Upton House, Branbury
in England.
85. Compare Hessels 1887, pp. 175-176 and
Becker 1928,pp. 316-318 (Coornhert thanking Ortels for
presenting him G aile's engraving), and Hessels 1887, pp.
427-429 (Arias Montano reminding Ortels to send him
an impression of the Death of the Virgin). On Coornhert s
word of thanks ~ praising Galle for his engraving as much
as he did Bruegel for his original composition -, see
Melion 1993, p. 51. Mellon rather overestimates the
importance of Coornhert s eulogizing words, as if he were
explicidy stating that 'reproductive' engravings and the
works they reproduce are to be valued at the same level.
He does not seem to take into account that Coornhert -
who had not seen die original grisaille (which he calls a
drawing) - may certainly have been biased in favour of
his pupil Galle. Besides, Coornhert - who knew Ortels,
but was certainly not a close friend - only follows the con­
ventions of his time by using slightly exaggerated words
of praise for all the persons involved, including compli­
ments to Ortels for his good taste. Also see Melion 1996.
86. A New Hollstein volume on the Doetecum
brothers is in progress, compiled by Henk Nalis; on the
oeuvre of Groenning, who worked both as an engraver and
a designer for Galle, see chapter 4, Mielke 1995, Mielke
1996 and the New Hollstein volume (compiled by Chris
Schuekman) due to appear in 1997. On Johannes Sadelers
early Antwerp period no serious study exists; on the
Sadeler family in general, see Sénéchal 1987, regarding
the period after 1585, Limouze 1990, especially pp. 21-
31, and De Ramarx 1992. The production of the Wierix
brothers is catalogued in detail in Mauquoy-Hendrickx
1978-83, which is to be supplemented in the Hollstein
series by Karen Bowen. For an adequate general assess­
ment of their production see Wiebel 1995.
87. Van Lerius 1864-76, vol. 1, p. 252: "Henrick
van Dort leert by Philips Galle, copersnyder." Another
apprentice may have been Pieter Nagel, an engraver who
worked in Antwerp in the years 1569 to 1584 and who
is alleged to be a pupil of Galle; see Wurzbach 1906-11,
vol. 2, p. 213.
88. Ortels remarks in a letter to Johannes Crato
(October-November 1573) axe discussed in chapter 2,
Notas Chapter 1
157
note 75. One of the (anonymous) young apprentices
Ortels refers to, may have been a youngster like the son
of the Bruges antiquarian Hubert Goltzius. From the
archives of the Offuina Planiiniana it appears that in March
1573 one of the latter s sons (perhaps the engraver and-
print publisher Julius Goltzius) did stay for some time at
Galles house; see Denuce 1912-13, vol. 1, p. 221.
89. On De Hooghe, see Thieme/Becker, vol. 17,
pp, 457-458 and Namowitz Worthen 1991-92, pp. 266-
267.The latter is a stimulating study of calligraphic inscrip­
tions on Netherlandish prints, focusing on Goltzius and
his circle.
90. Several aspects of the rise of professionalism
in publishing prints - focusing on printmakmg in the
Southern and Northern Netherlands at the end of the
sixteenth century in general - are discussed in an inter­
esting issue of the little-known periodical Blockpoints (the
annual journal and report of the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery)
of 1995. Of special interest in this respect are Veldman
1995c and Orenstein 1995b. On the engravers in the
workshop of Hieronymus Cock, see Riggs 1971, pp. 72-
124.
91. See note 72 (the Story of Lot), and note 172,
regarding Galle s mathematical publication.
92. On Zsamboky, also see chapter 2, note 55 and
appendix 2E, no, 146. Ortels and Galle also dedicated the
first edition of Deorum dearumque (1573, see note 48) to
Zsamboky. That Galle was well acquainted with many
leading humanists, both in Antwerp and elsewhere in
Europe, can easily be concluded from the still existing cor­
respondence to and from Plantin, in which Galle is reg­
ularly mentioned as one of his confidants; Plantin 1883-
1918, passim. This is also the case in the remaining letters
addressed to Galles other bosom friend Abraham Ortels;
Hessels 1887, passim.
93. On Ghyselinck, see above (note 83) and chap­
ter 4, note 100; some verses by Heyns are discussed in
chapter 4, note 68; on verses by Favolius also see chapter
3, note 32.
94. See TIB, 56, pp, 315-322, nos. 84:1-8, Van de
Veide 1975, vol. 1, pp. 428-429, nos. P124-131, Mielke
1975, p. 58 and Cockx-Indestege 1983-85, p. 511, no. 1.
In conjunction with stylistic arguments, a preparatory