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Variarum protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias

Print
1554 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate depicting three friezes, one above the other, with the head of a bearded man in the centre of the middle frieze and a grotesque mask in the centre of the bottom frieze. From a set of 24 moresques.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleVariarum protractionum quas vulgo Maurusias (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Brief description
Engraved ornament print by Balthasar van den [Sylvius] Bos; moresque plate depicting three friezes with the head of a bearded man and a grotesque mask; from a set of 24 moresques; Antwerp, 1554.
Physical description
Plate depicting three friezes, one above the other, with the head of a bearded man in the centre of the middle frieze and a grotesque mask in the centre of the bottom frieze. From a set of 24 moresques.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 7.8cm
  • Plate width: 23.7cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Style
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Accession number
E.475-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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