Blackwork Print with Grotesques Fighting on Top of a Large Motif Surrounded by Ten Smaller Motifs, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work

1615

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Symmetrical blackwork design with a large three-pronged bezel at center on which groups of grotesques fight. Below rows of additional fillets also with Schweifwerk patterns. Plate 6 from a series of eight plates published in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (Ain) with blackwork designs for goldsmiths' work.

Artwork Details

Title: Blackwork Print with Grotesques Fighting on Top of a Large Motif Surrounded by Ten Smaller Motifs, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work
Artist: Etienne Carteron (French, born Châtillon-sur-Seine, ca. 1580)
Date: 1615
Medium: Blackwork engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in. (12.6 × 9.2 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947
Object Number: 47.108.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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