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Antverpiae apvd Theodor Gallaevm cvm privilegio
Hans Collaert - Enlarge image
Antverpiae apvd Theodor Gallaevm cvm privilegio
- Object:
Design for a pendant
- Place of origin:
Antwerp (published)
- Date:
1604 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Hans Collaert (designer)
Hans Liefrinck, born 1517 - died 1573 (publisher) - Materials and Techniques:
engraving
- Museum number:
27857:4
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, room 503, case EO, shelf 12
Hans Collaert made many designs for pendants and other jewellery during the second half of the 16th century. This series of ten pendant designs by Collaert was published first by Hans I Liefrinck before 1573 and later by Theodoor Galle, after Collaert’s death. The ten pendants in this collection are accompanied by designs for buttons or earrings and set against a grey background. Five of the pendants contain a mythological figure in a niche. With the exception of the title plate, the ones that lack these figures are probably verso designs for similar pendants, though no two outlines in the suite are the same. The jewellery that would result from these designs was probably meant to be gold with bright enamel paint on the intricate design work and the figures that appear in the niches. In similar jewellery, the arabesque ornamentation around the figures was usually open and the figures themselves three dimensional.
