A second set of most skilled designs for pendants and earrings
Print
1582
1582
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After Hans Collaert’s death in 1580, his sons and publisher, Philips Galle, produced two more sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including the title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a delicate ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two, each is also set with a mythological figure.
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Title | A second set of most skilled designs for pendants and earrings (series title) |
Materials and techniques | engraving |
Brief description | Hans Collaert (after), plate from a suite of ten, including title plate, showing jewellery in the shape of sea creatures. Flemish, 1582. |
Physical description | Design for a pendant in the shape of a sea creature carrying a sea god sitting on a shell and holding a trident, a mermaid and a man in the background carrying bullrushes. |
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Marks and inscriptions | "4" (lower left) |
Object history | For an example of a baroque pearl pendant contemporary to these designs, see M537-1910 in the V&A collection. For an example of a sea-creature pendant similar and contemporary to this design, see 44.443 in the Walter’s Art Museum collection. V&A collection numbers 12828.3 and 22785.1 are duplicates of this engraving. (F. Allitt) |
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Summary | After Hans Collaert’s death in 1580, his sons and publisher, Philips Galle, produced two more sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including the title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a delicate ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two, each is also set with a mythological figure. |
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Accession number | E.2206-1911 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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