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Bijoux

Etching
after 1548 (Etched)
Artist/Maker
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet (I) (Etcher)
Place of origin
France (Etched)

Etching.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Etching
TitleBijoux (series title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Printing Ink
Etching
Brief description
Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau, 1 of 14 etched designs for small pendant, from a set of 50 designs for jewellery. French, mid-16th century.
Physical description
Etching.
Dimensions
  • Average size of plates in set height: 7.6cm
  • Average size of plates in set width: 4.1cm
Styles
Late Renaissance
Mannerist
Object history
The exact number of plates in the original set is not known, thoughsome suggestions are 60 (Fuhring); 50 (Guilmard), 47 (Geymuller), see Fuhring, p. 310.
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D. Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p. 11.
  • Geymüller, H. von Les Du Cerceau, leur vie et leur oeuvre (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1887), p. 321.
  • Linzeler, A. and Jean Adhémar. Inventaire du fonds français; graveurs du seizième siècle (Paris: M. Le Garrec; Paris: Bibliothèque nationale, 1932-1935, 1938): vol. 1, p. 67.
  • Guillaume, J., P. Fuhring and V. Auclair [et al.] Jacques Androuet du Cerceau : 'un des plus grands architectes qui soient jamais trouvés en France' Paris. c. 2010, p. 310.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1886-1930

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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