Design for the Verso of a Cross-Shaped Pendant Above a Pair of Circular Ornaments
Vertical panel with the design for the verso of a pendant at center in the shape of a cross with an arabesque pattern. At bottom left and right, circular ornaments, possibly 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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for the Verso of a Cross-Shaped Pendant Above a Pair of Circular Ornaments
- Series/Portfolio: Pendant Designs with Architectural Elements and Vegetal-Arabesques
- Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp)
- Publisher: Hans Liefrinck (Augsburg (?) 1518?–1573 Antwerp)
- Date: before 1573
- Medium: Engraving and blackwork; first state of two (New Hollstein)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 in. (13.9 × 9.9 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
- Object Number: 32.92.36
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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