New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Clockwork, plate 5

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

ca. 1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Fifth 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 a clockmaker's workshop. In the middle ground on the left a man heats metal over the fire, and on the right a man examines the weight-driven clocks on the wall. In the foreground on the left workers tend to the creation of different parts of the small spring-driven table clocks. In the foreground at the center two men work on a larger clock.

Artist

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

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934