Flemish Grotesque with a Fantastic Cart supported by a Turtle

Publisher Published by Hieronymus Cock Netherlandish

ca. 1550

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Design for an upright panel with a fantastical cart supported by a turtle. A river god is seated on its back and holds an ore. The print represents the characteristic style of grotesque ornament as developed in the Southern Netherlands in the second quarter of the sixteenth century. It was influenced by Italian grotesques and the decorative scheme developed for the French Royal castle at Fontainebleau, but had a very distinct vocabulary. The Flemish grotesques are characterized by a framework of strapwork which is inhabited by a host of fantastical creatures.

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Title: Flemish Grotesque with a Fantastic Cart supported by a Turtle
Artist: Cornelis Bos (Netherlandish, Hertogenbosch ca. 1510?–before 1556 Groningen)
Publisher: Published by Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
Published in: Antwerp
Date: ca. 1550
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in (18.1 x 13.7 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931
Object Number: 31.76.7
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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