Philips van Mallery or Philips de Mallery (Baptised on 6 January 1598,

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,

–after 1634, Antwerp) was a Flemish engraver and publisher who mainly worked on religious subjects, reproductive prints and

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s. He worked in Antwerp.

Life

Philips van Mallery was born in

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,

where he was baptized on 6 January 1598.Philips de Mallery
at the

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He was the son of the Antwerp engraver

Karel van Mallery Karel van Mallery (1571–1635?) was a Flemish engraver who mainly worked on religious subjects and portraits and was also a reproductive engraver. He worked in Antwerp and Paris. Life Karel van Mallery was born in Antwerp. He was a pupil o ...

and Catharina Galle, the daughter of prominent Antwerp engraver and publisher

Philips 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 Gal ...

. He trained with his father.Karel van Mallery
at the

He was registered as a member of the Antwerp

Guild of Saint Luke The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was ide ...

in 1626.Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius (eds.)
''De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt"''
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 638, 648, 657 Philips van Mallery - The Descent into Limbo

Philips van Mallery - The Descent into Limbo

The date of his death is not known. It must have been after 1634, as Valerius was registered as his pupil in the Guild register in 1634. In the same year the death of his wife was also registered.Ph. Rombouts and Th. van Lerius (eds.)
''De Liggeren en andere Historische Archieven der Antwerpsche Sint Lucasgilde, onder Zinkspreuk: "Wy Jonsten Versaemt"''
Volume 2, Antwerp, 1872, pp. 24, 25, 31

Work

His work consists of Christian religious representations and emblems. He made the emblems for an emblem book published by

Joannes Cnobbaert Jan or Joannes Cnobbaert (1590–1637) was a Flemish printer, publisher and bookseller who was active in Antwerp in the early 17th century. Life Cnobbaert was born in Antwerp in 1590. He married Maria de Man.Jesuit , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = ChristogramOfficial seal of the Jesuits , abbreviation = SJ , nickname = Jesuits , formation = , founders ...

college of Antwerp was the creator of the book and its students including

Philip Fruytiers Philip Fruytiers (1610–1666) was a Flemish Baroque painter and engraver. Until the 1960s, he was especially known for his miniature portraits in watercolor and gouache. Since then, several large canvases signed with the monogram PHF have be ...

contributed some of the texts in Latin, French and English. The emblems presented emblems of earthly versus divine love.Jean-Charles Seigneuret (ed.), ''Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs'', Volume 1, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1988, p. 444.

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