# Title Page for Balthasar Cordier, Catena Sexaginta Qvinqve Graecorvm Patrvm in S. Lvcam...

**Cornelis Galle I** (Flemish, 1576–1650)  
1628  
engraving on laid paper

Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1996.78.21. [The museum's record](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.97185.html).

## About this work

Cornelis Galle I made this in 1628, aged 52. It is now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

The image features a detailed black and white illustration with multiple human and animal figures in a symbolic arrangement. In the foreground, two full-body figures are depicted in long robes and sandals, positioned on either side of a large draped banner with text. One figure holds an open book. Above the banner are celestial figures in dynamic poses. To the left is a winged bull-like creature and a seated male figure with a beard, next to a female figure in classical attire. They are all surrounded by flowing fabric and a lion-like animal. In the lower center foreground, there is an emblem resembling a coat of arms with an eagle and a crowned shield. The background is textured, with no natural landscape or architecture present, allowing the figures to stand out. The illustration is framed by the margins of an open book.

_Description from the National Gallery of Art._

### How it was made

- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.
- **Laid paper.** Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.

### [Cornelis Galle I](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/cornelis-galle-i)

Flemish, 1576–1650

## Facts

- Type: Print
- The artist was 52
- Century: 17th century
- Subjects: Angel, bird, Cow, Figures, Writing
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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