Flemish Grotesque with Venus and a Man with Speer riding a Cart

1552

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Print from a series of four designs of fantastic cars, designed by Cornelis Floris. The prints are examples of the characteristic style of grotesque designs that was developed in the Southern Netherlands during the second quarter of the sixteenth century. Inspired by Italian grotesque designs and the decorative scheme developed for the French Royal castle at Fontainebleau, they combine strapwork motifs with a range of different human figures and animals who sit atop or are capture by the strawork contraption.

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Title: Flemish Grotesque with Venus and a Man with Speer riding a Cart
Artist: Cornelis Floris II (Netherlandish, Antwerp before 1514–1575 Antwerp)
Artist: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, Antwerp ca. 1510–1570 Antwerp)
Published in: Antwerp
Date: 1552
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: 4 x 13 1/8 in. (10.2 x 33.3 cm)
Classifications: Albums, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.95.372
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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