New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Polishing of Armor, plate 17

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

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Seventeenth 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 an armor polishing workshop. In the foreground on the left two young boys carry in baskets full of armor. On the right a man and a young boy unpack the baskets of armor. In the middle ground two men seated at the polishing machine, clean pieces of armor. In the background on the right two men carrying swords interact with one another.

New Inventions of Modern Times [Nova Reperta], The Invention of the Polishing of Armor, plate 17, Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp), Engraving

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