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Print

1616 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Esaias Hulsen (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Stuttgart (Printed)

A complex asymmetrical silhouette style design for goldsmith's ornament. At the centre is a large architectural structure surrounded by birds, insects and floral motifs. An array of figures appear on the roof of the structure including a monkey, a dog, two devil-like figures and two figures bearing standards. Standing in front of the structure is a human figure and two bounding dogs.


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Metalwork
Animals and Wildlife
Designs
Object type
Print
Materials and techniques
Engraving with etching
Paper
Engraving
Etching
Brief description
Print by Esaias van Hulsen, plate from a suite of 6 designs for goldsmith's work, Dutch, 1616
Physical description
A complex asymmetrical silhouette style design for goldsmith's ornament. At the centre is a large architectural structure surrounded by birds, insects and floral motifs. An array of figures appear on the roof of the structure including a monkey, a dog, two devil-like figures and two figures bearing standards. Standing in front of the structure is a human figure and two bounding dogs.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 8.6cm
  • Cut to width: 14.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower centre of the plate: 'esaias van Hulsen in studtgardt feit 1616'
Subjects depicted
Animals
Birds
Monkey
Dogs
Devils
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.3345-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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