323 - Distillatio

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Código de referencia

MCPP/FF/FPR/L/323

Título

Distillatio

Fecha(s)

  • c. 1580-1605 (Creación)

Volumen y soporte

Engraving on paper

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Nombre del productor

(1593-1637)

Historia biográfica

Educated at Clare Hall/College; Fellow of Clare. From 1618 to 1624 he was director to the affairs of the Virginia Company. Ferrar was ordained as a deacon in 1626 and founded the small Anglican community of Little Gidding, Huntingdonshire, shortly ... »

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Historia archivística

The loose Ferrar prints were conserved in 2014-2015. Please note that the digital images of the prints were captured before conservation work took place.

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Características físicas y requisitos técnicos

20.3 cm x 26.6 cm

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Notas

Publisher: Philips Galle
After Jan van der Straet

Notas

Part of collection of nineteen prints from the series Nova Reperta, which depicts new inventions and discoveries in the 'modern' world (as opposed to the classical world of antiquity). This plate illustrates the invention of distillation.
Plate 7

Notas

Text in the lower margin: "In igne succus omnium, arte, corporum / Vigens fit vnda, limpida et potissima."

Puntos de acceso

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Fuentes

Hollstein, F.W.H. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700, Amsterdam, 1949 (417)
Hollstein, F.W.H. The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700, Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2008 (329)