Reverse copy of Courtyard of a palace with a square garden with a parterre forming a labyrinth and a tree in its square center, plate 3, from Perspective views of gardens with parterres
Reverse copy of plate 3 from the series of eight plates by Hans Vredeman de Vries with perspective views of gardens with parterres, originally published by Philips Galle, ca. 1587. This plate belongs to a series of reverse copies etched by Michel Birbaum and published in 1615 by Birbaum or Johan Bussemacher.
Artwork Details
- Title: Reverse copy of Courtyard of a palace with a square garden with a parterre forming a labyrinth and a tree in its square center, plate 3, from Perspective views of gardens with parterres
- Series/Portfolio: Perspective views of gardens with parterres
- Artist: after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
- Artist: Michel L. Birbaum (German, active Cologne, ca. 1600–12)
- Publisher: Johann Bussemacher (German, active Cologne, ca. 1580–1613)
- Publisher: or Michel L. Birbaum (German, active Cologne, ca. 1600–12)
- Date: 1615
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in. (18.5 × 24.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.95.2628(8)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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