Design for the Verso of a Pendant with Three Large Flowers
Vertical panel with the design for a pendant verso at center. The ornament is decorated with a flower-arabesque pattern, with a stick or plant rising from bottom center and a large flower in each of the ornament's three arms. Flanking the central motif are diamond shaped ornaments that may be 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.
Artwork Details
- Title: Design for the Verso of a Pendant with Three Large Flowers
- 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; second state of three (New Hollstein)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 3/4 × 4 in. (14.6 × 10.1 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1922
- Object Number: 22.113.26
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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