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Engraving

1604 (Published)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (Engraver)
Langlois (Publisher)
Place of origin
Frankfurt (Published)

Engraving


Object details

Categories
Ornament Prints
Prints
Object type
Engraving
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Printing Ink
Engraving
Brief description
Jacob Kempener, after. Plate from a set of six showing flowers in ornamental vases. German, 1590-1600.
Physical description
Engraving
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 28.4cm
  • Cut to width: 22.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in the lower centre of the plate on a scroll: 'VT VER DAT FLOREM, VIRTVS LARGITVR HONOREM.'
Object history
Possibly from a suite of copies with the signatures of de Bry and Kempener removed.
Bibliographic references
  • Hollstein, F. W. H., et al. The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700 (Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1956): vol. 4, no.43.
  • de Jong, M. and de Groot, I., Ornamentprenten in het Rijksprentenkabinet I, 15de & 16de eeuw, ‘s-Gravenhage, 1988, no. 355.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
13848:8

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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