Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/303058715/

Fragile Beasts

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18188957/

Drawing, Design for a Ewer

  • black and white chalk on brown paper
  • Gift of Ogden Codman
  • mythology
  • water
  • animals
  • dolphins
  • vessels
  • ewers
  • grotesques
  • tableware
  • satyrs
  • grotesque
  • auricular
  • beasts

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218879/

Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on off-white laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • ornament
  • wings
  • plants
  • monsters
  • eagles
  • grotesques
  • scrolls
  • snakes
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218885/

Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on off-white laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • ornament
  • putti
  • lions
  • grotesques
  • cherubim
  • acanthus
  • etching
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218907/

Print, Plate, from Ornamenti o Grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on off-white laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • ornament
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • scrolls
  • fruit trees
  • camels
  • acanthus
  • grotesque
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218913/

Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on off-white laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • putti
  • wings
  • bats
  • plants
  • grotesques
  • acanthus
  • angle
  • grotesque
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218917/

Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • horses
  • plants
  • grotesques
  • scrolls
  • spears
  • shields
  • armor
  • torso
  • dress
  • masks
  • harpies
  • grotesque
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218933/

Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • mythology
  • dogs
  • grotesques
  • acanthus
  • rabbits
  • allegories
  • dress
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • sacrifice

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218945/

Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • food preparation
  • hunting
  • grotesques
  • scrolls
  • spears
  • intertwined
  • musical instruments
  • trophies
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • Boar
  • trumpet
  • moose
  • antlers

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18218953/

Print, Ornamenti o Grottesche (Grotesque Ornament)

  • Designed by Stefano della Bella
  • etching on laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • wings
  • grotesques
  • bells
  • cityscape
  • musical instruments
  • angels
  • owls
  • skeletons
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18259629/

Print, Design for Two Knife Handles

  • Designed by Francesco Salviati
  • engraving on off-white laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • scales
  • food preparation
  • putti
  • mythology
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • tableware
  • swans
  • snakes
  • anthropomorphic
  • cornucopias
  • knives
  • allegories
  • beheading
  • grotesque

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18286051/

Print, Pendant Design

  • Designed by Hans Collaert the Elder
  • engraving on paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • scales
  • sea monster
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • beads
  • fishing
  • pearls
  • pendant
  • jewelry design
  • ribbon
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • ornament print
  • gems
  • sphynx

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18288459/

Print, Plate 3, from Diverses pièces de serruriers (Various Designs for Locksmiths)

  • Designed by Hugues Brisville
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • plants
  • grotesques
  • hybrid
  • intertwined
  • acanthus
  • transformation
  • human figures
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • locks

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18289585/

Print, Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris

  • Designed by Adriaen Collaert
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
  • putti
  • mythology
  • flowers
  • vessels
  • grotesques
  • shields
  • engraving
  • snails
  • frame
  • insects
  • cornucopias
  • musical instruments
  • Mercury
  • fruit bowl
  • roundels
  • dragonfly
  • masks
  • caduceus
  • harpies
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • chimeras
  • blackwork

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378437/

Print, Ornament Panel with Orpheus and the Judgment of Paris

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • ornament
  • putti
  • mythology
  • wings
  • soldiers
  • war
  • battles
  • animals
  • symmetry
  • dragons
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • swans
  • engraving
  • snakes
  • serpents
  • Italian Renaissance
  • allegories
  • roundels
  • moons
  • pivotal representation
  • Trojan War
  • rams
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • nudes
  • horror vacui

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378439/

Print, Ornament Panel with Mars

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • horses
  • mythology
  • war
  • battles
  • symmetry
  • grotesques
  • wreaths
  • candelabra
  • engraving
  • monogram
  • armor
  • satyrs
  • victory
  • trophies
  • masks
  • Mars
  • rams
  • harpies
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • chimeras
  • horror vacui

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378441/

Print, Ornament Panel with Bird Cage

  • engraving on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • ornament
  • mythology
  • war
  • symmetry
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • cages
  • engraving
  • slavery
  • victory
  • pivotal representation
  • triumphal procession
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • birdcage
  • horror vacui

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378443/

Print, Ornament Panel Inscribed "Victoria Augusta"

  • engraving on off white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • ornament
  • Apollo
  • putti
  • mythology
  • wings
  • floral
  • symmetry
  • plants
  • urns
  • grotesques
  • sphinxes
  • engraving
  • peace
  • musical instruments
  • satyrs
  • Rome
  • Marsyas
  • Pan
  • Roman Empire
  • rams
  • harpies
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • chimeras
  • Baphomet
  • horror vacui

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378445/

Print, Grotesque Ornament with Satyrs, from a set of twenty ornament panels

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • lions
  • symmetry
  • urns
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • engraving
  • acanthus
  • faces
  • satyrs
  • Italian Renaissance
  • scrolling vines
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • amphora

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378449/

Print, Plate, from a series of designs for ewers and vessels

  • engraving on white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • men
  • dining
  • botanical
  • organic
  • dragons
  • vessels
  • designers
  • mermaids
  • shell
  • motifs
  • grotesques
  • ornate
  • sculptural
  • tableware
  • artisans
  • sea life
  • printmakers
  • engraving
  • conch shell
  • snakes
  • snails
  • intertwined
  • sea
  • handle
  • embrace
  • spiral
  • touch
  • curling

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378451/

Print, Ewer with Handle

  • engraving on white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • men
  • putti
  • water
  • vessels
  • plants
  • shell
  • monsters
  • ewers
  • grotesques
  • tableware
  • conch shell
  • sea
  • anthropomorphic
  • handle
  • embrace
  • touch
  • claw
  • masks
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • chimeras

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18378503/

Print, Pitcher with a Figure of Neptune, from "Insignae Ac Planè Novum Opis Cratero Graphicum (A New Artistic Work, Eminent and Clear, On the Vessel)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. A. Murray Young
  • fish
  • scales
  • mythology
  • water
  • vessels
  • shell
  • monsters
  • ewers
  • grotesques
  • tableware
  • sea life
  • engraving
  • snails
  • sea
  • serpents
  • handle
  • satyrs
  • etching
  • tridents
  • masks
  • spout
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • goat
  • narwhal

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18381973/

Print, Grotesque Panel with Dolphins

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Gift of Leo Wallerstein
  • dolphins
  • symmetry
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • sea life
  • engraving
  • tendrils
  • monogram
  • sea
  • acanthus
  • scrolling vines
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18409053/

Print, Plate 16, from Livre de bijouterie (Book of Designs for Goldsmiths and Jewelers)

  • engraving on paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • symmetry
  • luxury
  • grotesques
  • engraving
  • snails
  • jewelry
  • goldsmiths
  • fashion accessory
  • faces
  • cameos
  • geometry
  • allegories
  • masks
  • grotesque
  • chimeras
  • rings
  • gems

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18409533/

Drawing, Design for Candelabrum and Panel of Grotesques

  • pen and brown ink on paper, lined
  • Museum purchase through gift of Walter Leo Hildburgh
  • lighting
  • ornament
  • drawing
  • grotesques
  • candelabra
  • sphinxes
  • vines
  • roosters
  • satyrs
  • centaurs
  • hourglass
  • rams
  • harpies
  • grotesque

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416719/

Print, Plate 6, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

  • Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • ornament
  • mythology
  • landscape
  • battles
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • feathers
  • spears
  • engraving
  • conch shell
  • snails
  • armor
  • bells
  • narrative
  • rats
  • smoke stacks
  • mice
  • crabs
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • chimeras
  • jousting

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416725/

Print, Plate 17, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

  • Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • fish
  • mythology
  • wings
  • floral
  • symmetry
  • dragons
  • plants
  • shell
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • engraving
  • snakes
  • snails
  • serpents
  • spiral
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • pelicans

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416729/

Print, Plate 28, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

  • Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • mythology
  • butterflies
  • wings
  • flowers
  • dolphins
  • plants
  • grotesques
  • engraving
  • insects
  • spiral
  • allegories
  • claw
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416733/

Print, Plate 30, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

  • Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • fish
  • wings
  • floral
  • lions
  • plants
  • fruit
  • shell
  • spears
  • tassels
  • hooves
  • garlands
  • engraving
  • snails
  • bulls
  • spiral
  • masks
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416737/

Print, Plate 32, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

  • Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • floral
  • dragons
  • plants
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • mask
  • swans
  • engraving
  • snakes
  • snails
  • serpents
  • rams
  • grotesque
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416741/

Print, Plate 37, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)

  • Designed by Christoph Jamnitzer
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • tails
  • wings
  • trees
  • symmetry
  • plants
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • flies
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416745/

Print, Plate 44 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • dogs
  • elephants
  • vessels
  • plants
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • floral bouquets
  • engraving
  • snakes
  • snails
  • serpents
  • insects
  • masks
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • spiders

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18416753/

Print, Plate 55 from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Book of Grotesques)

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
  • elephants
  • plants
  • eagles
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • snails
  • acanthus
  • satyrs
  • smoke stacks
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • spiders

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18450791/

Print, Vase (Plate 5 of a Series)

  • Designed by Enea Vico
  • black ink on paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.
  • ornament
  • putti
  • mythology
  • antiquity
  • fruit
  • ewers
  • grotesques
  • wreaths
  • tableware
  • garlands
  • conch shell
  • snakes
  • snails
  • intertwined
  • acanthus
  • serpents
  • handle
  • figure
  • allegories
  • rams
  • grotesque

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18450793/

Print, Vase (Plate 6 of a Series)

  • Designed by Enea Vico
  • black ink on paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.
  • ornament
  • antiquity
  • grotesques
  • mask
  • swags
  • acanthus
  • print
  • satyrs
  • Italian Renaissance
  • skulls
  • lion
  • ribbon
  • dog
  • scrollwork
  • ewer

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18450807/

Print, Vase (Plate 12 of a Series)

  • Designed by Enea Vico
  • black ink on paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of E.F. Caldwell & Co.
  • ornament
  • mythology
  • antiquity
  • lions
  • classical
  • grotesques
  • vegetal
  • swirls
  • caryatids
  • masks
  • ornament print
  • ewer
  • monkey

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18539627/

Drawing, Study for Candelabrum Motif and Strapwork Escutcheon

  • pen and brown ink, black chalk, brush and violet watercolor on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
  • lighting
  • ornament
  • wings
  • drawing
  • grotesques
  • candelabra
  • sphinxes
  • swags
  • torches
  • acanthus
  • Italian Renaissance
  • fantastical creatures
  • watercolor
  • urn
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • strapwork
  • decorative borders
  • brazier

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18550881/

Drawing, Design for Stained Glass in the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy

  • brush and brown wash, black chalk on laid paper, squared in black chalk
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
  • ornament
  • putti
  • drawing
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • feathers
  • coat of arms
  • goats
  • garlands
  • swags
  • frame
  • stars
  • acanthus
  • stained glass
  • turtles
  • eagle
  • library
  • scrollwork
  • medici family
  • swan
  • capricorn

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565535/

Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

  • punched engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • lions
  • drinking
  • cup
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • goats
  • wine
  • tendrils
  • satyrs
  • Germany
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • silverwork
  • punch engraving

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565543/

Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

  • punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • putti
  • flowers
  • drinking
  • cup
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • vegetal
  • acanthus
  • Germany
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • silverwork
  • punch engraving

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565547/

Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

  • punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • drinking
  • cup
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • feathers
  • Germany
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • silverwork
  • punch engraving
  • headdress

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565551/

Print, Plate from 12 Stick Zum Verzaighnen Stechen Ver Fertigt (Set of Twelve Designs for Engraved Vessels)

  • punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • flowers
  • drinking
  • cup
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • feathers
  • seeds
  • Germany
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • silverwork
  • punch engraving
  • headdress

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565573/

Print, Title plate, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • grotesques
  • tendrils
  • insects
  • fantastical creatures
  • etching
  • Germany
  • masks
  • flourishes

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565575/

Print, Plate 1, from Die Folge der phantastichen Scmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • design
  • ornament
  • flowers
  • floral
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • bouquets
  • tendrils
  • insects
  • series
  • print
  • fantastical creatures
  • etching
  • Germany
  • masks
  • flourishes

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565577/

Print, Plate 2, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträße (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • plants
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • tendrils
  • insects
  • print
  • fantastical creatures
  • etching
  • Germany
  • masks
  • flourishes

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565579/

Print, Plate 4, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • plants
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • tendrils
  • print
  • fantastical creatures
  • etching
  • Germany
  • masks
  • flourishes

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565581/

Print, Plate 5, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • plants
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • tendrils
  • insects
  • print
  • fantastical creatures
  • etching
  • Germany
  • masks
  • flourishes

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565583/

Print, Plate 6, from Die Folge der phantastischen Schmucksträβe (Suite of Fantastic Ornamental Bouquets)

  • etching on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • grotesques
  • tendrils
  • print
  • fantastical creatures
  • etching
  • eyeglasses
  • Germany
  • trumpet
  • flourishes
  • monster

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18565593/

Print, Design for an Engraved Tazza with the Head of a Jester and a Satyr, representing Pride and Folly

  • engraving on white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • chariots
  • ornament
  • profile
  • plants
  • monsters
  • peacocks
  • grotesques
  • insects
  • satyrs
  • biblical
  • Adam and Eve
  • fantastical creatures
  • bowl
  • allegories
  • dragon
  • tazza
  • ornament print
  • Flemish
  • Saint John
  • blackwork

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572227/

Print, Ornamental Design

  • engraving on paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
  • allegory
  • ornament
  • putti
  • mythology
  • lions
  • fruit
  • engraving
  • torches
  • spoons
  • allegories
  • human figures
  • Germany
  • chalice
  • grotesque
  • personification
  • ornament print

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572345/

Print, Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • ornament
  • putti
  • mythology
  • lions
  • dolphins
  • symmetry
  • canopy
  • griffins
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • tendrils
  • acanthus
  • serpents
  • print
  • scrollwork
  • candel
  • torch

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572385/

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Scene from Ovid

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • mythology
  • symmetry
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • engraving
  • frame
  • architectonic
  • allegories
  • human figures
  • masks
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • chimeras
  • strapwork

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572387/

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • putti
  • mythology
  • symmetry
  • fruit
  • monsters
  • grotesques
  • engraving
  • frame
  • architectonic
  • allegories
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • ornament print
  • strapwork
  • herms

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572389/

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • putti
  • mythology
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • engraving
  • frame
  • satyrs
  • owls
  • architectonic
  • grotesque
  • ornament print
  • strapwork
  • vulture
  • prisoner
  • torture

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572391/

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene

  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • fish
  • mythology
  • wings
  • vessels
  • fruit
  • urns
  • grotesques
  • party
  • mask
  • swans
  • engraving
  • Bacchus
  • serpents
  • grotesque
  • beasts
  • ornament print
  • chimeras
  • strapwork
  • Dionysus

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18575325/

Print, Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures

  • Designed by Heinrich Aldegrever
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • ornament
  • putti
  • symmetry
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • engraving
  • snails
  • armor
  • weapons
  • acanthus
  • satyrs
  • helmet
  • allegories
  • trophies
  • masks
  • rams
  • grotesque
  • beasts

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18575331/

Print, Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)

  • Designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries
  • etching on laid paper.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • fish
  • chariots
  • floral
  • lions
  • plants
  • lanterns
  • monsters
  • birds
  • wreaths
  • swans
  • musical instruments
  • satyrs
  • architectonic
  • allegories
  • pediment
  • chimeras
  • herms

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18575633/

Print, Jupiter, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

  • engraving on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • ornament
  • mythology
  • plants
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • swags
  • tendrils
  • acanthus
  • Jupiter
  • eagle
  • squirrel
  • urn
  • scholars
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • blackwork
  • French

Sixteenth-century ornament prints served as inspiration for pottery decorators long into the 18th century. Pouncing, a technique of piercing clay with small dots and rubbing charcoal into the holes to transfer a design, was used in decorations based on print engravings. The fantastic animals and mythological figures in Delaune’s grotesque designs have parallels in the monochrome blue faience nearby.

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18575635/

Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

  • Designed by Etienne Delaune
  • engraving on off-white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane
  • mythology
  • fruit
  • monsters
  • peacocks
  • birds
  • snails
  • swags
  • insects
  • Juno
  • incense
  • fantastical creatures
  • masks
  • mythological
  • scrollwork
  • beasts
  • blackwork
  • French
  • rosary

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18603281/

Print, Hand Mirror with Scenes from the Story of Medea

  • engraving on white laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
  • architecture
  • chariots
  • ornament
  • Apollo
  • mythology
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • France
  • engraving
  • acanthus
  • beauty
  • metalwork
  • mirrors
  • allegories
  • masks
  • mythological
  • vanity
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • looking glass

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18649083/

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

  • pen and brown ink, black chalk on off-white laid paper, mounted on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
  • ornament
  • animals
  • grotesques
  • wildlife
  • garlands
  • swags
  • monkeys
  • acanthus
  • serpents
  • bees
  • rabbits
  • acorns
  • crabs
  • squirrel
  • grotesque
  • herma
  • satyr
  • whimsy
  • goose

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18649085/

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

  • pen and brown ink on laid paper, mounted on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
  • ornament
  • fruit
  • grotesques
  • birds
  • decorative
  • swags
  • serpents
  • bees
  • cartouche
  • fantastical creatures
  • lion
  • ribbon
  • masks
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • monster
  • torch
  • satyr
  • whimsy
  • goose
  • insect

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18649087/

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration

  • pen and brown ink, black chalk on laid paper
  • Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund
  • ornament
  • wings
  • flowers
  • ribbons
  • monsters
  • urns
  • grotesques
  • swans
  • swags
  • torches
  • serpentine
  • acanthus
  • insects
  • bees
  • fantastical creatures
  • masks
  • dragon
  • scrollwork
  • grotesque
  • satyr

Fragile Beasts

https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/68743399/

Album, Ornament Designs

  • Designed by Hugues Brisville
  • engraving on laid paper
  • Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council