Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill
Print
1581
1581
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After his death in 1580, Hans Collaert's sons and his publisher, Philips Galle, produced two sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including a title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two designs, which appear on one print and show a sundial and a clock, each pendant is also set with a mythological figure.
Object details
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| Title | Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | engraving |
| Brief description | Hans Collaert (after), plate from a suite of ten, including title plate, showing designs for pendants. Flemish, 1581. |
| Physical description | The left half of a single print showing the design for a pendant that includes a sun dial at the top. |
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| Object history | the left half of a single print; the other half of the print is object 22787.3 |
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| Summary | After his death in 1580, Hans Collaert's sons and his publisher, Philips Galle, produced two sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including a title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two designs, which appear on one print and show a sundial and a clock, each pendant is also set with a mythological figure. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hollstein, F.W.H., Ann Diels, Marjolein Leesberg, Arnout Balis, and Collaert. The new Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 The Collaert Dynasty / comp. by Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesberg; ed. by Marjolein Leesberg and Arnout Balis. The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Ouderkerk aan den IJssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2005.
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 22787:4 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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