Theodoor Galle

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Theodoor Galle
America engraving by Theodor Galle after Stradanus, ca 1630.
Birth name	Dirck
Born	(1571-07-16)16 July 1571 Antwerp
Died	8 December 1633(1633-12-08) (aged 62) Antwerp
Nationality	Belgium
Field	Engraving
Movement	Baroque

Dirck or Theodoor Galle (1571–1633), was a Flemish Baroque engraver.

Biography

He learned the art of engraving from his father Philip Galle. According to the RKD he married Catharina Moerentorff (Moretus), daughter of Jan Moretus and Maertine Plantijn. Maertine was the daughter of Christophe Plantin. He is one of the engravers remembered in the Plantin-Moretus Museum. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1595, and became deacon in 1609. He was the teacher of his son Joannes Galle, and the engravers Adriaen Millaert, and Gilles van Schoor.^[1] Joannes Galle later became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1627, and became deacon in 1638.^[2]

References

↑ Theodoor Galle in the RKD
↑ Joannes Galle in the RKD

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 51953651 LCCN: no99065599 ISNI: 0000 0001 2025 7485 GND: 11912081X BNF: cb14974375d

Persondata
Name	Galle, Theodoor
Alternative names
Short description	engraver
Date of birth	16 July 1571
Place of birth	Antwerp
Date of death	8 December 1633
Place of death	Antwerp

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