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Engraving

1554 (published)
Artist/Maker
Floris, Cornelis (II) (artist)
Cock, Hyeronymous (publisher)
Doetechum, Lucas Van (engraver)
Doetechum, Jan Van (The Elder) (engraver)
Place of origin
Antwerp (published)

Engraving

Object details

Category
Ornament Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Cornelis Floris, after. One of five plates from a suite of six strapwork cartouches with philosophical quotes. Engraving by Lucas or Johannes van Doetechum after Cornelis Floris, published in Antwerp by Hieronymus Cock, 1556.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 30.4cm
  • To plate mark width: 20.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lettered in the upper centre in a small cartouche: 'H./ COCK'
  • Lettered in the centre within a cartouche: 'Tales./ Non multa verba / prudentis animi / iuditium sunt'
  • Lettered in the lower centre within a cartouche: 'C. F./ Inventor anno / 1554'
Bibliographic reference
de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, p.63, cat. no.77.1.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
20301:2

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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