Copy of Garden with a central parterre and diagonal paths with a house at right, plate 1, from Hortorum viridariorumque elegantes et multiplicis formae

after Hans Vredeman de Vries Netherlandish

1615

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Copy of plate 1 from "Hortorum viridariorumque elegantes et multiplicis formae", a series of twenty-one etchings by Hans Vredeman de Vries, first published by Philips Galle in 1583. The series of copies (all of which are in reverse except for those after plates 1 and 7) includes seventeen engravings and was published in three editions. This print belongs to the first edition of copies, published by Johann Bussemacher in 1615.

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Title: Copy of Garden with a central parterre and diagonal paths with a house at right, plate 1, from Hortorum viridariorumque elegantes et multiplicis formae
Series/Portfolio: Hortorum viridariorumque elegantes et multiplicis formae
Artist: after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
Publisher: Johann Bussemacher (German, active Cologne, ca. 1580–1613)
Published in: Cologne
Date: 1615
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 1/8 × 9 7/16 in. (18.1 × 24 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.95.2628(4)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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