before 1573
Netherlands
Object qualities
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Objectbook / magazine / album: Print ornament & architecture
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Author of the objectJan Collaert I
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumEngraving and blackwork; first state of two (New Hollstein)
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SizeSheet: 5 11/16 Г— 3 7/8 in. (14.5 Г— 9.8 cm)
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Geography details
Netherlands -
Country today
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Datebefore 1573
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Vertical panel with pendant design at center with a vegetal-arabesque pattern. Two pairs of ornaments (lozenge-shaped at left and right center, and circular at left and right bottom) may be designs for earrings or buttons. The pendant hangs from a ribbon and has three pearls descending below. From a set of ten plates with pendant designs incorporating arabesque decoration. This plate belongs to the first edition, published by Hans I Liefrinck in Antwerp before 1573.
