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Reverse copy of Circular parterre in the shape of a labyrinth with a tree at center and buildings and a colonnade in the background, plate 4, from Perspective views of gardens with parterres

1615

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Reverse copy of plate 4 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.

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Title: Reverse copy of Circular parterre in the shape of a labyrinth with a tree at center and buildings and a colonnade in the background, plate 4, 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. (18.6 × 24.4 cm)

Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture

Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Object Number: 49.95.2628(9)

Chronology

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600-1800 A.D.

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