Flemish engraver
Jan Galle (1600–1676) was a Flemish engraver, "a son." And pupil of Theodoor Galle, was born at Antwerp. And died there in 1676.
Among his plates are:
- The Wise and Foolish Virgins; after Marten de Vos.
- Twelve plates of Old Testament History.
- Christ surrounded by, the: Instruments of His Passion.
- The fat Cook and the——thin Cook; after P. Brueghel the elder.
- Lubricitas Vitae Humanae; after the "same." 1553.
- Judith giving the Head of Holofernes——to a Slave; after H. Goltzius.
References※
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bryan, Michael (1886). "Galle, Jan". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). Vol. I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.
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