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Cornelis Galle the Younger, Cornelius Galle or Cornelis Galle (I) (bapt. 23 February 1615,
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Cornelis was admitted as master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a 'wijnmeester'(i.e. the son of a master) between 18 September 1638 and 18 September 1639. He joined the 'Sodaliteit van de Bejaerde Jongmans', a fraternity for bachelors established by the
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 100–101 Cornelis II married Françoise Nys, the natural daughter of Jacob Nys on 23 December 1641. Her status as a natural daughter was legitimized in Brussels in July 1657 at the request of both man and wife. The couple had four children of whom Cornelis Galle III also became an engraver. His wife Françoise Nys died on 16 October 1678 in Antwerp. Cornelis died two days later. Both were buried in the choir of the St. George Church of Antwerp.
Online Books by Jean-Jacques Chifflet
at The Online Books Page
Cornelis Galle the Younger, Cornelius Galle or Cornelis Galle (I) (bapt. 23 February 1615, Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504,
– 18 October 1678, Antwerp) was a Flemish printmaker. He worked mainly on publications for the Plantin Press
The Plantin Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century.
History
Christophe Plantin (c. 1520–1589) of Touraine was trained as a bookbinder. He fled from Paris where at least one printer had rece ...
in Antwerp for which he engraved devotional prints and book illustrations.Cornelis Galle (II)at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life
Cornelis was born in Antwerp as the son of Anne van der Motte and Cornelis Galle the Elder, an engraver in Antwerp who had worked in Rubens' workshop and the Plantin Press. His grandfather Philip Galle was a Dutch printmaker and publisher who had moved to work in Antwerp in the second half of the 16th century.
Cornelis was admitted as master in the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke as a 'wijnmeester'(i.e. the son of a master) between 18 September 1638 and 18 September 1639. He joined the 'Sodaliteit van de Bejaerde Jongmans', a fraternity for bachelors established by the Jesuit
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order in October 1639.Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius, ''De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt" afgeschreven en bemerkt door Ph. Rombouts en Th. Van Lerius, Advokaet, onder de bescherming van den raed van bestuer der koninklyke Akademie van beeldende Kunsten, van gezegde Stad''Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 100–101 Cornelis II married Françoise Nys, the natural daughter of Jacob Nys on 23 December 1641. Her status as a natural daughter was legitimized in Brussels in July 1657 at the request of both man and wife. The couple had four children of whom Cornelis Galle III also became an engraver. His wife Françoise Nys died on 16 October 1678 in Antwerp. Cornelis died two days later. Both were buried in the choir of the St. George Church of Antwerp.
Work
He worked mainly on publications for thePlantin Press
The Plantin Press at Antwerp was one of the focal centers of the fine printed book in the 16th century.
History
Christophe Plantin (c. 1520–1589) of Touraine was trained as a bookbinder. He fled from Paris where at least one printer had rece ...
in Antwerp for which he engraved devotional prints, book illustrations and frontispieces. He engraved the illustrations for several publications by Jean-Jacques Chifflet, a scientist and writer originally from the County of Burgundy who had established himself in Antwerp.at The Online Books Page
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