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Strapwork Cartouches with Interlaced Band Patterns
Etched by: Unidentified artist, Netherlandish, 16th century
Designed by: Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
Designed by: Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
Published by: Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish, 1510–1570)
About 1555–60
Place of Publication: Antwerp, Belgium
Medium/Technique
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 Number50.6.13
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsIllustrated books
Antwerp: Hieronymus Cock [about 1555-1560]
Catalogue Raisonné
Berlin 217; Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, vol. 47, 121-136; Rijksprentenkabinet, Ornamentprenten, 167
Description(Antwerp: Hieronymus Cock [about 1555-1560]) Folio; 16 leaves; original gilt-stamped armorial green vellum binding (green cloth box). BOUND with: 50.6.1-12 and .14-.15 (Hoffmann album)
Ornamental cartouche designs with elaborate strapwork borders.
Ornamental cartouche designs with elaborate strapwork borders.
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)