Joannes Galle
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Jan Galle (1600 – 1676) was a Flemish engraver, a son and pupil of
Theodoor Galle Dirck or Theodoor Galle (16 July 1571 – 18 December 1633) was a Flemish Baroque engraver. Biography He learned the art of engraving from his father Philip Galle. He married Catharina Moerentorff (Moretus), daughter of the prominent printe ...
. He was born at
Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...
, and died there in 1676. Among his plates are: *''The Wise and Foolish Virgins''; after
Marten de Vos Maerten de Vos, Maerten de Vos the Elder or Marten de Vos (1532 – 4 December 1603)Maerten de Vos
at the
. *Twelve plates of ''Old Testament History''. *''Christ surrounded by the Instruments of His Passion''. *''The fat Cook and the thin Cook''; after P. Brueghel the elder. *''Lubricitas Vitae Humanae''; after the same. 1553. *''Judith giving the Head of Holofernes to a Slave''; after H. Goltzius.


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* 1600 births 1676 deaths 17th-century Flemish engravers Artists from Antwerp Artists from the Spanish Netherlands {{engraver-stub