Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Tritons and Nereids)
Drawing
1542 (drawn)
1542 (drawn)
| Artist/Maker |
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
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Tritons and Nereids) (published title) |
| 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 |
| Brief description | 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 |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | Dated at the lower centre edge, outside framing line, in brown ink, 1542. |
| Object history | John Dibble Crace (1838–1919), London, by whom given to the museum (L. 2503 on the verso), 7 March 1918. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.186-1918 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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