View of a courtyard with a labyrinth in the foreground at left and a fountain at right, plate 49, from Variæ Architecturæ Formae
Final plate (no. 49) from a composite series or a regrouping of forty-nine etchings, titled Variæ Architecturæ Formae. It is the only plate from this series which is not attributed to Hans Vredeman de Vries and does not come from either of the two series by de Vries that are combined in Variæ Architecturæ Formae: 1) twenty plates and a dedication (here reworked as a title plate) with oval architectural perspective views for intarsia work (Hollstein XLVII.69.51-71); and 2) twenty-eight plates with small architectural perspective views (Hollstein XLVII.88.72-100).Variæ Architecturæ Formae was first published under this title and as a composite series in 1601 by Theodoor Galle in Antwerp. Galle produced a later edition with plate numbers; plates 1-20 are the intarsia plates and plates 21-48 are the small architectural views. While plate 49 bears Galle's address and is included in Variæ Architecturæ Formae, it is most likely not after Hans Vredeman de Vries.
Artwork Details
- Title: View of a courtyard with a labyrinth in the foreground at left and a fountain at right, plate 49, from Variæ Architecturæ Formae
- Series/Portfolio: Variæ Architecturæ Formae
- Artist: previously attributed to Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
- Publisher: Theodoor Galle (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1571–1633 Antwerp)
- Date: Published after 1601
- Medium: Etching; second state of two (Hollstein)
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (15.1 × 21 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
- Object Number: 46.9(50)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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