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The altar of sacrifice, from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques, allegories and deities

After Etienne Delaune French
before 1573
Not on view
Engraving, reverse copy of a print part of a series of six oval plates with ornament designs executed on black grounds with grotesque motifs, allegories, and divinities, designed by Étienne Delaune before 1573 (possibly during the 1550s). This print represents an altar, in the center of the print, upon which burns a sacrifice, with two women on the sides, standing in profile towards the center, and heach holding an olive branch and accompanied by a goat. This print might be an allegory of peace (with the presence of the olive branches), and the two women might be representations of virtue. However, under this interpretation, the presence of the goats is unclear; it might be that Delaune is alluding to the opposition between different religious parties, which he wants to reunite at the same altar, as the two goats in this print.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The altar of sacrifice, from a suite of ornament designs with grotesques, allegories and deities
  • Artist: After Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
  • Date: before 1573
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 2 15/16 × 2 1/4 in. (7.4 × 5.7 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.635.57
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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