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Engraving

1548 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Cornelis Massys (Printmaker)
Place of origin
Antwerp (Printed)

Engraving

Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Cornelis Massys. Ornament with Bacchus and Fortuna in a border of strapwork. Flemish, 1548.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 20.0cm
  • Cut to width: 12.5cm
Object history
There is a copy in reverse published by Ducerceau in 1550, an impression of which is in the V&A, inventory number 23089.23.
Bibliographic references
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 206.
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1949-ongoing): vol. XI, pp.175-210, no.153.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
20334:186

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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