New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Watermill, plate 10

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

ca. 1600 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Tenth 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 watermill. In the background on the left are workers transporting sacks from the other side. On the upper level of the watermill are workers who empty out the contents of the sacks into large metal funnels. On the right are more watermills in the distant. In the foreground walk two men alongside their horses that carry sacks on their backs.

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