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Emperor Justinian Receiving the First Imported Silkworm Eggs from Nestorian Monks, Plate 2 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus]
Karel van Mallery
- Medium
- Engraving
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 7 13/16 × 10 9/16 in. (19.9 × 26.8 cm)
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Classification
- Prints
- Dated
- ca. 1595
- Pixels
- 3470 × 2622
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Karel van Mallery. Emperor Justinian Receiving the First Imported Silkworm Eggs from Nestorian Monks, Plate 2 from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus], ca. 1595. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.