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Grottesco (Grotesques)
Designer: Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
Etched by: Jan van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1600)
Etched by: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
Influence of: Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (French, 1556–1614)
Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509 to 1517–1591)
Etched by: Jan van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1600)
Etched by: Lucas van Doetecum (Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
Influence of: Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (French, 1556–1614)
Publisher: Gerard de Jode (Netherlandish, 1509 to 1517–1591)
About 1565–71
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium
Medium/Technique
Etched title page and sixteen etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 32 x 21.5 x 5.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
William A. Sargent Fund
Accession Number50.6.12
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Gerard de Jode [about 1565-1571]
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlin 225; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, vol. 47, no. 240-56
Description(Antwerp: Gerard de Jode [about 1565-1571]) Folio; 17 leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green vellum binding (green cloth box). BOUND with: 50.6.1-11 and .13-.15 (Hoffmann album)
Elaborate grotesque ornament designs surrounding vignettes with allegorical or mythological figures.
Elaborate grotesque ornament designs surrounding vignettes with allegorical or mythological figures.
ProvenanceFerdinand Hoffmann von Grünpichl-Strechau (b. 1540 -d. 1607), Prague; given by Ferdinand Hoffmann to his wife, Margaretha von Harrach; by descent through the Counts Harrach to the Hradec Library, Czech Republic. 1950, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)