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Print

1616 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A silhouette style design for goldsmith's ornament. The image shows various birds and insects perched upon a scrolling foliate design. Below this design are several other chimerical animals.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving with etching
Brief description
Print by Esaias van Hulsen, plate from a suite of 6 designs for goldsmith's work, Dutch, 1616
Physical description
A silhouette style design for goldsmith's ornament. The image shows various birds and insects perched upon a scrolling foliate design. Below this design are several other chimerical animals.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 7.8cm
  • Cut to width: 13.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Signed with a monogram and dated in the lower centre of the plate: '1616 / E. V. H. F'
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.391, 9 (2).
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 656.
  • Schestag, F., Illustrierter Katalog der Ornamentstichsammlung des K.K. Österreich. Museums für Kunst und Industrie., Wien 1871, no.49.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1956): vol. IX, no.156.
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.3347-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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