New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3

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

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Third 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 gunpowder factory. In the foreground on the left a man chisels the top to a canon. In the center two men work on the back of a canon. On the right a seated man works on another series of canons while looking toward the viewer. In the background a man pushes a canon around in a kiln, while another also works with fire on the upper level of the factory. In the background on the right, several canons go off to test the gunpowder; behind the fortified wall, a tower crumbles into an inferno due to the blast.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of Gunpowder, plate 3, Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp), Engraving

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