New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Sugar Refinery, plate 13

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Jan Collaert I|Philips Galle

ca. 1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Thirteenth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of men at work in a sugar refinery. In the background men chop down sugarcane. In the middle ground men process the sugar by heating it in barrels. In the foreground men cut up the sugarcane into smaller pieces. On the left side is a water mill.

Artist

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Jan Collaert I|Philips Galle

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949