Pendant Design with a Male Diety with a Shield Flanked by Two Reclining Men
Vertical panel with a pendant design at center, with a male diety holding a shield to his right sight, and standing on an orb at center, surrounded by strapwork ornament and grotesques. To either side, two nude reclining male figures facing outwards towards dragon-headed grotesques. The ornament hangs from a ribbon and has three pearls descending from the bottom and left and right sides. Plate 2 from a set of ten plates with pendant designs, with deities and strapwork backgrounds. The first edition of the series was published in Antwerp by Philips Galle in 1581 and exists in two states; two later editions – the first published by Theodoor Galle after 1600 and the second by Johannes Galle after 1636 – were also produced in Antwerp. Jan Collaert I produced several series of plates with pendant designs, a practice continued by his son, Adriaen Collaert.
Artwork Details
- Title: Pendant Design with a Male Diety with a Shield Flanked by Two Reclining Men
- Series/Portfolio: Designs for Pendants I
- Artist: Jan Collaert I (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1530–1581 Antwerp)
- Date: after 1581
- Medium: Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 6 3/4 × 4 13/16 in. (17.2 × 12.2 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
- Object Number: 23.85.5
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Jan Collaert I
1590–1612
Jan Collaert I
Theodoor Galle
1604
Jan Collaert I
after 1581
Jan Collaert I
Maerten de Vos
16th century
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Maerten de Vos
n.d.
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