Prima Pars Praeciparum.... Het Eerste Deel Van de voornmaeste Statuen ende Ciraten...
Print
1665-1669 (made)
1665-1669 (made)
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This print was etched after designs by Artus Quellien from the 1650s that decorate the Amsterdam Town Hall. Heavy and richly decorated garlands were characteristic of Baroque ornament. Prints like these were produced as examples for artisans and craftsmen to copy from, and they were important in spreading the influence of decorative styles. Baroque style, popular in Europe from the 17th to the mid 18th century, was characterised by dramatic, ornate and curving forms, often inspired by nature. This print shows garlands combined with animal motifs: birds and a ram’s head are added to the foliage, tassels and chains.
Object details
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| Title | Prima Pars Praeciparum.... Het Eerste Deel Van de voornmaeste Statuen ende Ciraten... (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching |
| Brief description | Artus Quellinus. Plate showing four garlands, from a set of etchings representing sculpted ornament in the Stadhuys, Amsterdam entitled 'Prima Pars Praeciparum.... Het Eerste Deel Van de voornmaeste Statuen ende Ciraten...'. Holland, 1663-1669. |
| Physical description | Print, etching, of carved marble ornaments at Amsterdam Town Hall. They symbolise (from the top) Venus, Apollo, Jupiter and Mars. |
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| Object history | Heavy and richly decorated garlands were characteristic of baroque ornament at Amsterdam Town Hall include these marble garlands, carved in the 1650s. Quellien's pioneering ornaments at Amsterdam Town Hall include these marble garlands in the gallery, carved in the 1650s. They symbolise (from the top) Venus, Apollo, Jupiter and Mars. |
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| Summary | This print was etched after designs by Artus Quellien from the 1650s that decorate the Amsterdam Town Hall. Heavy and richly decorated garlands were characteristic of Baroque ornament. Prints like these were produced as examples for artisans and craftsmen to copy from, and they were important in spreading the influence of decorative styles. Baroque style, popular in Europe from the 17th to the mid 18th century, was characterised by dramatic, ornate and curving forms, often inspired by nature. This print shows garlands combined with animal motifs: birds and a ram’s head are added to the foliage, tassels and chains. |
| Bibliographic reference | Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 2, nos. 4501-4744. |
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| Accession number | 24875:11 |
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| Record created | May 11, 2005 |
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