New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Distillation, plate 7

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

ca. 1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Seventh 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 workers at a distillery factory. In the foreground on the right two men read a book. In the center four men perform the act of distillation. On the right a young boy and two other men behind him also work to aid the distillation process.

Artist

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

Date

ca. 1600

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1934