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NYMPHS (1587)<br />
18 engravings<br />
The series Nymphs consists of an engraved ride page and<br />
17 numbered engravings of water nymphs and was pub<br />
lished by Philips Galle in 1587. According to the title page<br />
all engravings were engraved by Galle after his own<br />
designs .The Nymphs are dedicated to the Antwerp burgher<br />
and former alderman Rutger van der Haept, to whom<br />
Galle also dedicated a series of landscapes and cityscapes<br />
after Hendrik van Cleve; see Hollstein, vol. 4, p. 170, nos.<br />
1-38 and ibid., vol. 7, p. 80, nos. 423-460.The prints were<br />
reissued in Antwerp at an unknown date by his grandson<br />
Johannes Galle. In this new edition die nymphs were min<br />
gled with dieir male counterparts, namely the 17 engraved<br />
sea and river gods, first published by Philips Galle in 1586<br />
(cp. appendix 3B).<br />
Lit.:<br />
Hollstein, vol. 7, p. 78, nos. 299-315;TIB. 56, pp. 354-362,<br />
nos. 91:1-17; Sellink 1992b, p. 52<br />
Copies:<br />
Amsterdam (Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Am<br />
sterdam), tide page, nos. 1-17, Antwerp (Stedelijk<br />
Prentenkabinet, Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerpen),<br />
title page, nos. 2-3, 12-13, 15, 17, Brussels (Prenten<br />
kabinet, Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert ï, Brussel;<br />
Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque Royale Albert Ier,<br />
Bruxelles), ride page, nos. 1-17, Coburg (Kupferstlch-<br />
kabinett der Kumtsarfirnlungen Veste Coburg, Coburg),<br />
second, enlarged edition Johannes Galle, tide page, nos.<br />
1-34, Copenhagen (Kongelige Kobberstiksamllng,<br />
Statens Museum for Kunst, Kobenhave), nos. 1, 14-17,<br />
Dresden (Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Kunst-<br />
sammlungen, Dresden), tide page, nos. 1-17, London<br />
(The British Library, London), tide page, nos. 1-17,<br />
Madrid (Gabmete de estampas y bellas artes, Biblioteca<br />
Nacional, Madrid), title page, nos. 1-7, New York<br />
(Department of Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books,<br />
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York), tide page, nos.<br />
1-10, 13-14, 16, Paris (Cabinet des estampes, Biblio<br />
thèque Nationale, Paris), tide page, nos. 1-1.7, Vienna<br />
(Graphische Sammlung Albertlna, Wien), tide page, nos.<br />
1-17<br />
Appendix 3 C<br />
325<br />
TITLE PAGE<br />
16.4 x 9.9 cm.<br />
In upper half of the engraving: "NIMPHARUM<br />
OCEANI-/ TIDUM, EPHYDRIDUM PO-/<br />
TAMIDUM, NAIAD UM, LY-/ NADUMQUE<br />
ICONES, IN/ GRATIAM PICTURAE STU-/<br />
DIOSAE IUVENTUTIS/ DELINIATAE, SCALP-/<br />
TAE,ETEDITAR/A/ PHILIP. GALLALO./ Antverpij/<br />
1587." (twelve lines).<br />
In lower half of the engraving: "NOBILÍ/ ORNATIS-<br />
SIMO QUE/ VIRO DfOMI]NO RUTGERO/VAN-<br />
DER HAEPT PATRI-/ CIO ANTVERPIANO<br />
OMNI-/AM ELEGANT!ARUM, GRAPHI-/ DIS<br />
IMPRIMIS SUMMO AD MI-/ RATORI IMPRIMIS<br />
SUMMO ADMI-/ RATORI, ATQUE FAUTORI BE-<br />
/ NÍGNISSIMO PH[I]L[ÍP]S GALLEUS./ AE.-DD."<br />
(ten lines) .<br />
I.<br />
As described,<br />
n.<br />
Added above inscription on upper half: "SEMIDEO-<br />
RUM MARINORUM"; erased in upper half "PHILIP",<br />
replaced by "IOANNE"; erased in upper half "1587".<br />
The second state was used by Johannes Galle as the tide<br />
page to the combined series of the Nymphs and the Sea<br />
and river gods.<br />
1<br />
AMPHITRITE<br />
16.3 x 10.0 cm.<br />
In lower margin: "AMPHITRITE/ 8<br />
In margin left: "1."<br />
In margin right: "Ph[i]l[ip]s. Gall./ inventor." (two lines).<br />
I.<br />
As described.<br />
n.<br />
Borderline added around composition; erased in margin<br />
left: "1."; added in margin right: "2".