print; ornament print

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Object Type: print; ornament print
Museum number: 1850,0527.176
Title: Series: Grotesque panels with strapwork and cartouches
Description: Cartouche with strapwork; a composite marine figure as centrepiece and two satyrs, one female and one male, pouring water from urns into a stream at the lower edge of the design. 1552 Engraving
Producer name: Print made by: Cornelis Bos
School/style: Netherlandish
Production date: 1552
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 221 millimetres; Width: 142 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For comment see 1850,0527.174.
Bibliographic references: Schéle 1965 / Cornelis Bos: A study of the origins of the Netherland grotesque (128); Berlin 1939 / Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin (208.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: ornament
Acquisition name: Purchased from: W & G Smith; Purchased through: Sotheby's (13-18.v.1850); Purchased through: A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date: 1850
Acquisition notes: See comment to 1850,0527.1
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1850,0527.176

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