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Petites Arabesques

Print
1594 (Printed), 1562 (First published)
Artist/Maker
Du Cerceau, Jacques Androuet (I) (Printmaker)
Sibmacher, Johann (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Nuremberg (Printed)

'Petites Arabesques'. 1 of 42 plates incl. title page from an album of designs for grotesque ornament, partial copies of Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau's 'Petites Grotesques' by J. Sibmacher. Nuremberg, 1594.


Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Petites Arabesques (series title)
  • Petites Grotesques (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Etching
Brief description
'Petites Arabesques'. 1 of 42 plates incl. title page from an album of designs for grotesque ornament, partial copies of Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau's 'Petites Grotesques' by J. Sibmacher. Nuremberg, 1594.
Styles
Late Renaissance
Mannerist
Object history
Partial copy after Androuet Du Cerceau's second edition of 'Petites Grotesques', 60 plates published in 1562.
Production
Copy
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D. Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880, 10.
  • Geymüller, H. von Les Du Cerceau, leur vie et leur oeuvre (Paris: Librairie de l'Art, 1887), p. 317.
  • 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. 316.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1328-1910

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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