Philip Galle

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Portrait by his pupil Hendrick Goltzius, 1577

Philip (or Philips) Galle (1537 – March 1612) was a Dutch publisher, best known for publishing

engraver. He is especially known for his reproductive engravings
of paintings.

Life

"Garden of Holland", allegorical engraving by Galle of a woman dressed in the manner of Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer

Galle was born in

Karel de Mallery).[1]

In Haarlem he engraved several works of the Haarlem painter

Johannes Stradanus and Maerten de Vos.[1] In 1569 the series of Counts of Holland and Zeeland was published, a series of six engravings which he made in Haarlem with Willem Thibaut, just before moving to Antwerp somewhere near the end of 1569 or the start of 1570, probably to avoid the Siege of Haarlem
.

His first house in Antwerp was most probably a house called Het Gulden Hert (The Golden Deer), opposite the house of the mapmaker Ortels (also known as

Dutch Revolt
.

Some of his numerous prints made in Antwerp were after

Anthonie van Blocklandt, Hans Bol, Marcus Gheeraerts, Gerard Groening, and Hans Vredeman de Vries. Galle had many pupils who became popular engravers. The map engraver Cornelis de Hooghe (or Hogius),[2]
who later died a gruesome death when he was beheaded and quartered in the Hague because of a conspiracy against the state, received his education when Galle still lived in Haarlem, while De Hooghe already worked for himself at the moment Galle moved to Antwerp.

Galle's son Cornelis followed him as an engraver. Early works by Cornelis shows a striking similarity to the work of his father.

Philip Galle's press and publishing house was a success. His pupils included his children, de Hooghe,

. His sons and sons-in-law carried on the business at Antwerp through the seventeenth century.

Writings

As a resident of Antwerp, Galle witnessed numerous events of the

Matthias of Austria, a relative of the legal king Philip II of Spain
, but not recognised by him as a landvoogd or supervisor of the country. A later print was dedicated to Jean de Bourgogne, lord of Froidmont or Fromont. This rather personal book, which was translated in several languages soon after its first publication, shows Galle as a peace-loving person who intended to stay far away from the political and military turmoil of his era.

Death

He died in Antwerp in March 1612.[1]

Gallery

Pictures from the Theatri Orbis Terrarum Enchiridion 1585

  • Titlepage
    Titlepage
  • Germania
    Germania
  • Zelandicarum
    Zelandicarum
  • Flandria + text
    Flandria + text

Engravings attributed to Galle

  • Macropedius
    Macropedius
  • Ortelius
    Ortelius
  • Death is the ultimate limit
    Death is the ultimate limit
  • The Alchemist; after Breugel
    The Alchemist; after Breugel
  • Triumph of Death
    Triumph of Death
  • Battle at Mons Regonis
    Battle at Mons Regonis
  • Sugarmill
    Sugarmill
  • Northern Europe 1577
    Northern Europe 1577

The Seven Sacraments (1576) with Hans Bol

  • Titlepage
    Titlepage
  • Baptism
    Baptism
  • Confirmation
    Confirmation
  • Eucharist
    Eucharist
  • Penance
    Penance
  • Anointing of the Sick
    Anointing of the Sick
  • Holy Orders
    Holy Orders
  • Matrimony
    Matrimony

Notes

  1. ^
    RKD
  2. RKD

References

  • Philips Galle (1537–1612): engraver and print publisher in Haarlem and Antwerp, by Manfred Stefan Sellink, 1997.
  • Den Haag in den Geuzentijd; by Jakob Smit, Uitgegeven met steun van de Vereeniging "Die Haghe" MCMXXII, 1922, pp. 330–334.

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