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Cartouche with two monkeys at bottom center, from Strapwork Cartouches with Grotesques, plate 3

after Hans Vredeman de Vries Netherlandish
Publisher Hieronymus Cock Netherlandish
ca. 1555–70
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Object Information
  • Title: Cartouche with two monkeys at bottom center, from Strapwork Cartouches with Grotesques, plate 3
  • Artist: after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
  • Publisher: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
  • Published in: Antwerp
  • Date: ca. 1555–70
  • Medium: Etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 8 1/4 × 6 in. (21 × 15.3 cm)
    Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 in. (26.2 × 17.8 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1948
  • Object Number: 48.143(47)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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