Title: Emperor Justinian Receiving the First Imported Silkworm Eggs from Nestorian Monks, Plate 2 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus]
Object type: Prints
Date: ca. 1595
Artist:  Karel van Mallery 
Artist bio: Netherlandish, Antwerp, 1571– after 1635 Antwerp
Artist nationality: Netherlandish
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 13/16 × 10 9/16 in. (19.9 × 26.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Soldiers, term: Men, term: Dogs, term: Horses