Quatre Suites d'Ornements

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Artist/Maker	Sylvius (designer) Honneruogt (printmaker)
Place of origin	Holland (printed)

This Dutch ornament print was designed by Balthazar Sylvius and engraved by I. Honnervogt. It shows three designs for Moresque style ornament panels, the bottom panel includes a satyr head. In Greek mythology, a satyr was a wood-dwelling creature with the head and body of a man, and the ears, horns and legs of a goat. The Moresque style was developed in Europe in the 16th century as a variation on Islamic arabesque style.

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Categories	Prints Prints Designs
Object type	Print
Title	<i>Quatre Suites d'Ornements</i> (series title)
Materials and techniques	Engraving Printing Ink Paper Paper Engraving
Brief description	Balthazar Silvius, engraved by I. Honneruogt, Moresque Borders, plate from a suite entitled 'Quatre Suites d'Ornements', Holland, after 1554
Physical description	An engraving depicting Moresque border design for goldsmith's ornament.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 8.59cm Cut to width: 23.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	'I. Honneruogt exc'
Object history	From the set Quatre Suites d'Ornements
Subjects depicted	Ornament Satyrs Moresques
Summary	This Dutch ornament print was designed by Balthazar Sylvius and engraved by I. Honnervogt. It shows three designs for Moresque style ornament panels, the bottom panel includes a satyr head. In Greek mythology, a satyr was a wood-dwelling creature with the head and body of a man, and the ears, horns and legs of a goat. The Moresque style was developed in Europe in the 16th century as a variation on Islamic arabesque style.
Bibliographic references	Peter Ward Jackson, Some Main Streams and Tributaries in European Ornament from 1500 to 1750, London, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1969, 23. (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 210. Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 484, 21 (1). Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.3367-1928

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Record created	December 1, 2005
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O119290/iquatre-suites-dornementsi-print-sylvius/

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