Designs for Four Rings, Plate 33 from 'Livre d'Aneaux d'Orfevrerie'
Small oval print with designs for four rings. Two rings are presented as seen from the front and two are presented in side view. The rings at the top and right appear to be seal rings, while the left and lower ring have a shallow set stone, or possibly enamel filling. The plate, numbered 33, is part of a book of forty designs for rings by the goldsmith and engraver Woeiriot, published in Lyon (France) after Woeiriot returned from a visit to Rome. The French edition, titled 'Livre d'aneaux d'orfévrerie de l'invention de Pierre Woeiriot Lorrain', appeared in 1561. An Italian edition, the 'Libro d'anella d'orefici del inventione de Piero Woeirioto di Loreno', appeared in the same year.
Artwork Details
- Title: Designs for Four Rings, Plate 33 from 'Livre d'Aneaux d'Orfevrerie'
- Artist and engraver: Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II (French, Neufchâteau 1532–1599 Damblain)
- Date: 1561
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Plate: 2 11/16 × 1 7/8 in. (6.8 × 4.7 cm) [oval plate]
Sheet: 3 1/16 × 2 3/16 in. (7.8 × 5.5 cm) [cut] - Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
- Object Number: 26.57.51
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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1556
Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II
Parmigianino (Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola)
16th century
Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II
1550–60
Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II
1555
Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II
ca. 1555
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