Design for the Verso of a Pear-Shaped Pendant Flanked by Lozenge Ornaments and Circular Ornaments Below
Vertical panel with pendant design at center with a vegetal-arabesque pattern. Two pairs of ornaments (lozenge-shaped at left and right center, and circular at left and right bottom) may be 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 Pear-Shaped Pendant Flanked by Lozenge Ornaments and Circular Ornaments Below
- 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 11/16 × 3 7/8 in. (14.5 × 9.8 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
- Object Number: 32.92.34
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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