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print
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ornament print
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title-page
Object Type
print
ornament print
title-page
Museum number
1872,0511.1079
Title
Series:
Veelderleij niewe inventien van antijcksche sepultueren...Libro Primo
(Surface decorations, grotesques with strapwork, including cartouches)
Description
Title-page with cartouche with the lettering surrounded by strapwork with putti, satyrs and fruit. 1556 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Lucas van Doetecum
Print made by:
Johannes van Doetecum I
After:
Cornelis Floris
Published by:
Hieronymus Cock
School/style
Netherlandish
Production date
1556
Production place
Published in:
Antwerp (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
295 millimetres
Width:
205 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
This is the title-page to a series of eleven ornament prints (New Hollstein 23-34). Lit.: M. de Jong and I. de Groot, 'Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw', Amsterdam 1988, no.75.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(23)
(The Van Doetecum Family)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(p.250)
(under Floris)
Riggs 1977 / Hieronymus Cock, Printmaker and Publisher
(65)
Berlin 1939 / Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin
(211.1)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
James Hughes Anderdon
Acquisition date
1872
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1872,0511.1079