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Ser, Sive Sericus Vermis (Silk, or the Silkworm) Wall Art
ART BY: Jan van der Straet
Ser, Sive Sericus Vermis (Silk, or the Silkworm) Wall Art
ART BY: Jan van der Straet
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Ser, Sive Sericus Vermis (Silk, or the Silkworm) is a print, engraving on laid paper by Jan van der Straet (1523–1605), dated c. 1590/1593. The artist is catalogued as Belgian. This reproduction is based on the copy in the National Gallery of Art, and the file offered here measures 4096 × 3100 px (5.0 MB). Catalogued under Prints and Renaissance, in landscape format. Archive Lane holds 136 works by Jan van der Straet, a Flemish artist.
Johannes Stradanus was a Flemish artist active mainly in 16th-century Florence, Italy. He was a wide-ranging talent who worked as an easel and fresco painter, designer of tapestries, draughtsman, designer of prints and pottery decorator.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Jan van der Straet →
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