Oleum Olivarum (The Production of Olive Oil), plate 12 in the Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1590
name: label: Designer
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
label: Engraver
content: Jan Collaert II, Flemish, 1560 – 1628
label: Dedicatee
content: Luigi Alamanni, Italian, 1558–1603
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Olives are harvested (outside), put through several stages of pressing; the oil is being extracted, refined by boiling, measured and carried away. Lower margin with inscription has been trimmed away.
place: label: made in
content: Antwerp, Netherlands
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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 and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-8433
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)