Blackwork Print with Two Vertical Panels and Four Bezels
Blackwork print with six motifs. In the center two vertical panels are depicted, decorated with Schweifwerk and grotesques. The panels are flanked on both sides by two ring bezels which have decorated with different Schweifwerk patterns. The print is a copy in reverse after Hertzog von Brin.
Artwork Details
- Title: Blackwork Print with Two Vertical Panels and Four Bezels
- Publisher: Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
- Artist: After Hertzog von Brin (German (active in Vienna, late 16th-early 17th century))
- Date: ca. 1620
- Medium: Blackwork
- Dimensions: Plate: 1 9/16 x 2 in. (4 x 5.1 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
- Object Number: 56.500.117
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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