Anonymous highskilled Flemish engraver, region of Wierix. Theodore Galle (1571-1633)

Theodore Galle, Region of Wierix, Ecstasy of St Francis, Saint Francis visited by an angel playing violin. / Description: Ecstasy of St Francis, Saint Francis visited by an angel playing violin. Engraving made by a highskilled Flemish engraver, region of Wierix. Published in Antwerp by Theodore Galle (1571-1633) ca 1612-1633. Very good dark early impression. Engraving in excellent condition, printed on thin laid Italian paper, with narrow margins. Written in old iron ink the number 208 right below. / Dimensions: 13,5 cm x 8,5 cm Very good dark early impression. Engraving in excellent condition, printed on thin laid Italian paper, with narrow margins. Written in old iron ink the number 208 right below. / Literature: Hollstein 30-123 . Johann Theodor de Bry (publisher/printer; printmaker; German; Flemish; 1561 - 1623) Engraver, etcher, printmaker and publisher. Born in Liège in 1561 died in Frankfurt am Main in 1623. Son of Theodor de Bry, and worked in the family publishing firm in Frankfurt (moving it to Oppenheim 1609-20). Involved in the publication of two popular emblem books: 'Emblemata nobilitatis et vulgo scitu digna' and 'Emblemata secularia'. With his brother Johann Israel he also published the design of a grotesque and quasi-erotic human alphabet. His independent work includes reproductive engravings after such maters as Titian, Marten de Vos, Abraham Bloemaert and Sebald Beham. The Illustrated Bartsch 31, Collectie Rijksmuseum-3(3) engraving