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Cornelis Galle the Elder (1576 – 29 March 1650), a younger son of

Philip Galle Philip (or Philips) Galle (1537 – March 1612) was a Dutch publisher, best known for publishing old master prints, which he also produced as designer and engraver. He is especially known for his reproductive engravings of paintings. Life Gall ...

, was born at Antwerp in 1576, and was taught

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by his father. He followed the example of his brother

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in visiting Rome, where he resided for several years and acquired a correctness of design and a freedom of execution in which he greatly surpassed both his father and his brother. After engraving several plates at Rome, he returned to Antwerp, where he carried on the business of a printseller and engraved many plates after the works of his countrymen and his own designs. He became a master of the Antwerp

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in 1610. One of his pupils was Giovanni Florimi of Siena. Prior to his visit to Italy, he engraved some plates in the dry, stiff style of his father, of which the best known are: *A part of the plates of the ''Life of Christ''; after Marten de Vos *A set of plates of the ''Life of the Virgin Mary''; after Stradan *A set of plates of the ''Life of St. John the Baptist''; after the same The following are the most esteemed of his later prints:

Portraits

*''St.

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, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan'' *''

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*'' Ferdinand III''; after

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*'' Jan van Havre''; after Rubens *''

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, King of England''; in an allegorical border; after Van der Horst *''

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, Queen of Charles I''; with a border of flowers and figures; after the same *'' Leopold William, Archduke of Austria''; after W. van de Velde *'' Artus Wolfart, painter''; after

*''Jan Wiggers''; after H. De Smet. *''

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''; after Ch. Wautier *'' Johannes de Falckenberg''; after Van der Horst *''

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''; after H. Goltzius

Subjects after various masters

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*''Adam and Eve''; after Giov. Batt. Paggi *''The Holy Family returning from Egypt, with a Choir of Angels''; after the same *''Venus caressing Cupid''; after the same *''St. Peter baptizing St. Priscia''; after the same *''The Virgin and Infant, to whom St. Bernard is offering a Book''; after

Francesco Vanni Francesco Vanni (1563 – 26 October 1610) was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, publisher and printer active in Rome and his native city of Siena.

*''The Crucifixion, with the Virgin, St. Francis, and St. Theresa''; after the same *''Venus bound to a Tree, and Minerva chastising Cupid''; after Agostino Carracci *''Procne showing the Head of her son Itys to her husband Tereus''; after the same *''Seneca in the Bath''; after the same *''The Virgin caressing the Infant Jesus''; after

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...

*''The Entombment of Christ''; after the same *''The Virgin Mary, under an arch, ornamented with flowers by Angels''; after Rubens *''Judith cutting off the Head of Holofernes''; after the same *''The Four Fathers of the Church''; after the same *''A naked Woman grinding colours''; after the same *''Autumn and Winter''; two landscapes; after the same *''A Banquet, with Musicians''; without the name of the painter

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Galle, Cornelis the Elder 1576 births 1650 deaths Flemish engravers Painters from Antwerp