Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Satyr, Nereids and Aquatic Deities)
Drawing
1542 (drawn)
1542 (drawn)
Artist/Maker |
Drawing 'Design for a Circular Border with Grotesque Ornament and Mythical Sea Creatures (Satyr, Nereids and Aquatic Deities)', 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 (Satyr, Nereids and Aquatic Deities) (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 (Satyr, Nereids and Aquatic Deities)', 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 (verso no longer visible, but cf. cat. no. 485), 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. 484, p. 412 |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.185-1918 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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