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Veerlerhande Niewe Compartemente

Print
1640-1655 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ornamental design for a cartouche, decorated with cherubs, fruit and cornucopiae. In the centre are two elaborate designs for the heads of keys.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleVeerlerhande Niewe Compartemente (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Plate from a suite of 24 designs for auricular cartouches entitled 'Veerlerhande Niewe Compartemente', by Gerbrand van der Eeckhout, published by Clemendt de Jonge, Amsterdam, 1640-1655
Physical description
Ornamental design for a cartouche, decorated with cherubs, fruit and cornucopiae. In the centre are two elaborate designs for the heads of keys.
Dimensions
  • Cut to approximately height: 22.3cm
  • Cut to approximately width: 17.0cm
Object history
This plate differs from that in the suite Veerlerhande Niewe Compartemente in that it has two designs for the heads of keys in the centre of the cartouche.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Fuhring, P. Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, vol. 1, 113-136.
Collection
Accession number
E.12-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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