The Invention of Book Printing
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590 or before
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Client
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: View of a printer’s shop, the space divided by a colonnade. A scholar stands in the foreground at left, overseeing the process. Beside him a man works at a large press. Nearby, another inks a plate. Wet sheets hang from suspended wires. At right, three seated compositors work. A proofreader stands beside a column at center left.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Italy
label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and black wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.8 × 15.2 cm (4 1/4 × 6 in.)