Small standing cartouche with a mask with open mouth and beard at bottom center, plate 6, from Reverse copies of Variarum Protractionum
A series of reverse copies after "Variarum Protractionum", a series designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries and engraved by Frans Huys in 1555. The copies, produced by an Italian etcher before 1572, lack the Latin text included in the originals and are numbered at the bottom right.
Artwork Details
- Title: Small standing cartouche with a mask with open mouth and beard at bottom center, plate 6, from Reverse copies of Variarum Protractionum
- Artist: after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
- Artist: after Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
- Artist: Anonymous, Italian, late 16th century
- Publisher: possibly Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (18.7 × 13.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/16 in. (27.3 × 41.1 cm) - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
- Object Number: 53.670.51(3b)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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