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.

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.