New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Clockwork, plate 5

Jan Collaert I Netherlandish
 After Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus Netherlandish
 Publisher Philips Galle Netherlandish

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Fifth plate from a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, after Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, and published by Philips Galle. Illustration of a clockmaker's workshop. In the middle ground on the left a man heats metal over the fire, and on the right a man examines the weight-driven clocks on the wall. In the foreground on the left workers tend to the creation of different parts of the small spring-driven table clocks. In the foreground at the center two men work on a larger clock.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Clockwork, plate 5, Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp), Engraving

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