Cross-Shaped Pendant Design with Hope Standing in a Circular Temple

Publisher Hans Liefrinck Netherlandish

before 1573

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Vertical panel with a cross-shaped pendant design at center, decorated with the personification of Hope standing in a circular temple at the center of the vertical arm. Surrounding this scene is a flower-arabesque pattern inhabited by insects, including a butterfly at top. The ornament hangs from a ribbon and has three pearls descending from the lower arms. At bottom left and right, axe-shaped ornaments that may have been designs for earrings or buttons. From a set of ten plates with pendant designs, five of which show deities in niches. Four designs in the series are decorated exclusively with ornate flower-arabesques and are most likely designs for pendant versos. This plate belongs to the first edition, published by Hans I Liefrinck in Antwerp before 1573. Jan Collaert I produced several series of plates with pendant designs, a practice continued by his son, Adriaen Collaert.

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Title: Cross-Shaped Pendant Design with Hope Standing in a Circular Temple
Series/Portfolio: Pendant Designs with Deities in Niches and Flower-Arabesques
Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp)
Publisher: Hans Liefrinck (Augsburg (?) 1518?–1573 Antwerp) , in Antwerp
Date: before 1573
Medium: Engraving; first state of two (New Hollstein)
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 4 5/16 in. (15.1 × 10.9 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Object Number: 22.113.22
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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