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of Dutch and Flemish academies see Pevsner 1940,
pp. 126-139 and Floogenboom 1982, pp. 8-13.
37. Compare Fuhring 1992, pp. 68-69.
38. There are some letters from Cliristophc
Plantin to Emmanuel Jimenez, dated 1586 and 1587, in
which Plantin tells about Galle s refusal to engrave a series
of prints. According to Plantin, who was very friendly
with Galle and stressed his honesty, he refused because his
age hindered his art and compelled him to teach his sons
and pupils the techniques of engraving; see Plantin 1883-
1918, vol. 8/9, pp. 107-108,120-123.
39. Auzas 1968, pp. 8-9,20-21. The danger of pla­
giarism was very real.Vcsalius's Tabulae anatomkae sex, pub­
lished in 1538 (compare fig. 19), was an immediate success,
and within a few years the anatomist was engaged in sev­
eral lawsuits over unauthorized copies;see O'Malley 1964,
pp. 88-91.
40. A copy of Visscher's edition was found in
Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Kongelige
Kobberstiksamling. On Visscher's editions of other draw­
ing books see Boiten 1985, s.v. Claes Jansz.Visscher.
41. The fact that Galle s anatomical prints were
apparendy still of interest at the very end of the seven­
teenth century is corroborated by a portrait of a physi­
cian - formerly considered to be the famous Dutchman
Herman Boerhaave, now thought to represent his English
colleague Richard Blackmore.This portrait, attributed to
John Baptist Closterman, shows the sitter holding Galle's
engraving of an ecorche seen in profile in his right hand.
The engraving is easily recognizable by the separate right
arm of the ecorche. On Closterman's, see Murray 1980,
p. 11.1 thank Monique Kornell for drawing my attention
to this painting.
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