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SEA AND RIVER GODS (15S6)
18 engravings
The series Sea and river gods consists of an engraved tide
page and 17 numbered engravings of water gods, pub­
lished by Philips Galle in 1586. As in case of the series
Nymphs (appendix 3C) the tide page explicitly mentions
Galle as both engraver and designer of the prints. In the
first decades of the seventeenth century the series was reis­
sued by the Antwerp publisher Carel Coilaert (active
1625/50), who only changed the address on the tide page.
All prints, excluding the title page, were again brought
out In Antwerp by Galle's grandson Johannes Galle. In this
last edition the water gods were mingled with the nymphs
and all prints were renumbered.
Lit.:
Hollstein, vol 7, p. 78, nos. 316-332;TIB. 56, pp. 345-353,
nos. 90:1-17; Sellink 1992b, p. 52
Copies:
Amsterdam (Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum,
Amsterdam), tide page, nos. 1-17, Antwerp (Stedelijk
Prentenkabinet, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen),
tide page, nos. 1-17, Cöborg (Kupferstichkabinett der
Kunstsainrnlungen Veste Coburg, Coburg), enlarged edi­
tion Johannes Galle, title page, nos. 1-34, Copenhagen
(Kongelige Kobberstiksamling, Statens Museum for
Kunst, Kobenhave), nos. 1-17, Dresden (Kupferstich­
kabinett der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen, Dresden),
tide page, nos. 1-17, London (The British Library,
London), title page, nos. 1-17, New York (Department
of Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books, Metropolitan
Museum ofArt, New York), nos. 1-17, Paris (Cabinet des
estampes, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris) edition Philips
Galle, tide page, nos. 1-17 and edition Carel Coilaert, tide
page, nos. 1-17, Rotterdam (Prentenkabinet, Museum
Boij mans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam), nos. 1-3, 5-8,10-
15 and 16-17, Vienna (Graphische SarrrrnlungAlbertina,
Wien), title page, nos. 1-17
TITLE PAGE
16.4x10.0 cm.
Within cartouche, filling entire engraving: "SEMIDE-/
ORUM MARL/ NORUM AMNI-/ CORUMQUE
Appendix 3 B
321
SI-/ GILLARIAE IMA-/ GINES PERELE-/
GANTES./ in pieturae statuariaeque/ artis ryronurn
usum,/ a/ Philippo Gallaeo delineatae,/ scalptae, et ae-
ditae,/ Antverpiac Amblvaritor./ CIC[in reverse]. IC[m
reverse]. LXXXVL" (fourteen lines).
I.
As described.
n.
Erased at bottom centre: "CIC[in reverse]. IC[in reverse],
LXXXVL"; replaced by: "Carolus Coilaert excud."
1
OCEANUS
16.3 x 10.0 cm.
In lower margin: "OCEANUS."
In margin left: "Ph[i]l[ip]s Gall, inven./ et scalp." (two
lines).
In margin right: "1."
I.
As described.
XL
Borderline added around composition.
2
NEPTUNE
16.3 x 10.1 cm.
In lower margin: "NEPTUNUS."
In margin left: "Ph[i]l[ip]s Gall, inven,/ et scalp." (two
lines).
In margin right: "2."
I.
As described.
n.
Borderline added around composition; erased in margin
right: "2.", replaced by "3".