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; first state of two (New Hollstein)
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SizeSheet: 5 7/8 Г— 4 1/16 in. (14.9 Г— 10.3 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 the design for a pendant verso at center. The ornament is decorated with a flower-arabesque pattern inhabited by insects, with a vase and bouquet under a strapwork frame at center. Flanking the central motif are flask-shaped ornaments that may be designs for earrings or buttons. From a set of ten plates with pendant designs, five of which show deities in niches. Four designs in the series are decorated exclusively with ornate flower-arabesques and are most likely designs for pendant versos. This plate belongs to the first edition, published by Hans I Liefrinck in Antwerp before 1573. Jan Collaert I produced several series of plates with pendant designs, a practice continued by his son, Adriaen Collaert.