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Monilivm Bvllarvm, Inavrivmqve Artificiocissimae Icones

Print
1581
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Category
Object type
TitleMonilivm Bvllarvm, Inavrivmqve Artificiocissimae Icones (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Hans Collaert (after), one print from a suite of ten, including title plate, showing designs for pendants with dietiesin niches and flower-arabesques entitled 'Monilivm Bvllarvm, Inavrivmqve Artificiocissimae Icones'. Flemish, before 1573.
Physical description
The right side of a single print showing a design for a pendant with a clock face.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.2cm (cut to)
  • Width: 6.1cm (cut to)
Object history
the right half of a single print; the other half of the print is object 22787.4
Subject depicted
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.
Associated object
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, no. 1653.
Collection
Accession number
22787:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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