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Modelles artificiels, de divers vaisseaux d'argent
Constighe Modellen, van verscheijden silvere Vasen
Modelli artificiosi di vasi diversi d'argento (Artistic Models of Various Silver Vases)
Modelles artificiels, de divers vaisseaux d'argent
Constighe Modellen, van verscheijden silvere Vasen
Illustrated by: Adam van Vianen (Dutch, about 1569–1627)
Etched by: Theodor van Kessel (Dutch, 1620–after 1660)
Publisher: Christiaen van Vianen (Dutch (Utrecht, about 1600/1605–1667))
Etched by: Theodor van Kessel (Dutch, 1620–after 1660)
Publisher: Christiaen van Vianen (Dutch (Utrecht, about 1600/1605–1667))
about 1650
Place of Publication: Utrecht, Netherlands
Medium/Technique
Set of etched title page and 47 etchings
Dimensions
Overall: 36.2 x 26 x 1.5 cm (14 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number59.198
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints – Bound sets
Utrecht: Christiaen van Vianen [about 1650]
Catalogue Raisonné
Guilmard, p. 506; Berlin 1021; Hollstein, Dutch & Flemish, IX, pp. 238-39, nos. 80-127, 137
Description(Utrecht: Christiaen van Vianen [about 1650]) Folio; 48 leaves; modern gilt-stamped red-brown morocco
Designs for ornamental silver vessels in so-called "cartilage" style; portrait of Adam van Vianen (pl. 18)
Three parts (all published) of a projected eight, first and only edition. The portrait of Adam van Vianen (pl. 18) was etched by van Kessel after Johan Smith, a figure known only for this portrait (Wurzbach II, 629).
Designs for ornamental silver vessels in so-called "cartilage" style; portrait of Adam van Vianen (pl. 18)
Three parts (all published) of a projected eight, first and only edition. The portrait of Adam van Vianen (pl. 18) was etched by van Kessel after Johan Smith, a figure known only for this portrait (Wurzbach II, 629).
InscriptionsLower left: monogram AV; upper right: 23
ProvenanceWilliam H. Schab, New York, from whom purchased by MFA, March 12, 1959.