Jan Galle

Jan Galle (1600–1676) was a Belgian 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.

Notes

This article incorporates text from the article "GALLE, Jan" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.