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Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Tritons and Nereids)
Floris, Cornelis II - Enlarge image
Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Tritons and Nereids)
- Object:
Drawing
- Date:
1542 (drawn)
- Artist/Maker:
Floris, Cornelis II (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, with reddish-brown wash, over faint traces of black chalk; framing line by the artist in brown ink
- Museum number:
E.186-1918
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H, case PD, shelf 247
Date
1542 (drawn)
Artist/maker
Floris, Cornelis II (artist)
Materials and Techniques
Pen and brown ink, with reddish-brown wash, over faint traces of black chalk; framing line by the artist in brown ink
Marks and inscriptions
Dated at the lower centre edge, outside framing line, in brown ink, 1542.
Dimensions
Height: 56 mm, Width: 230 mm
Object history note
John Dibble Crace (1838–1919), London, by whom given to the museum (L. 2503 on the verso), 7 March 1918.
Descriptive line
Drawing 'Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Tritons and Nereids), by Cornelis Floris the younger, pen and brown ink, dated 1542
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. II, cat. 485, p. 412
Materials
Pen; Brown ink; Brown wash; Black chalk; Paper
Production Type
Unique
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
