Artist: Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537-1612), leading engraver and print dealer based in Antwerp. One of the most prolific publishers in Europe in the second half of the sixteenth century after Cock died in 1570.
Title: Glaucus [and Scylla].
Titled, Dated, and Signed in plate: Glaucus. Ph[i]l[ip]s Gall[e] inven. et Scalp." Numbered in the lower right corner: "4". Collector's mark Initial S in the rectangular frame in red ink resto.
Dimensions: Sheet 6 1/2" x 3 3/4" (trimmed to borderline).
Publisher: Philips Galle.
Date: 1586.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on paper.
Provenance:
- Lugt 2343 (not identified), Louis Fagan 461.
- The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: Laid down; soiling, stains, abrasions. The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Series: Semideorum Marinorum Amnicorumque Sigillariæ Imagines Perelegantes (Sea and River Gods), one of a series of sixteen illustrations of sea and river gods by Galle.
Museums and Libraries: The British Museum 1942,0720.1.26.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: Flemish School XVI C.
Notes:
-This entry incorporates text from Wikipedia and the catalog entry of a similar item from the British Museum collection.
-The nymph Scylla is portrayed at the moment Circe, jealous of Glaucus' love for her, transforms Scylla into a six-headed monster, here shown with canine heads. Later Scylla is transformed into a crop of rocks, as suggested by the rocky shore in the distance.