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Nieuw Goudt Smits Lofwerck

Print
1698 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraved design for a gold ornament, depicting a cat and dog, composed of scrolling foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleNieuw Goudt Smits Lofwerck (Suite title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Engraving after Wolfgang Hieronymus von Bömmel, 1 of 5 plates from the suite of 6, the 'Nieuw Goudt Smits Lofwerck', Dutch reverse copies of the original German suite, Neu-ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen, published (and probably also engraved) by Anthonie de Winter, Amsterdam, 1698
Physical description
Engraved design for a gold ornament, depicting a cat and dog, composed of scrolling foliage.
Dimensions
  • Approx. size of plate height: 16.4cm
  • Width: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
A: de Winter Excudit.
Object history
This suite is a copy in reverse of Bömmel's suite, 'Neu- ersonnene Gold-Schmieds Grillen' which was published in Nuremberg. The title plate is wanting from the museum's set.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • See for full bibliographic references Fuhring, P., Ornament prints in the Rijksmuseum II: The Seventeenth Century, 3 vols, Rotterdam, 2004, 1253-1258.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.1089-1899

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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