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1920

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2016

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Print, Plate 5, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two)

This is a Print. It was designed by Hans Collaert and published by Philips Galle and engraved by Adriaen Collaert. It is dated 1582 and we acquired it in 1920. Its medium is engraving on paper, laid and gilded. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Advisory Council. It is credited Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Drawing, Jewel design
  • Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
  • 1938-88-8003

Its dimensions are

H x W: 21.1 × 14.5 cm (8 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.) Platemark: 17.3 × 12.5 cm (6 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.)

It is inscribed

In plate, lower left: 5

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 5, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two); Designed by Hans Collaert the Elder (Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581); Engraved by Adriaen Collaert (Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618); Published by Philips Galle (Flemish, 1537 - 1612); Previously owned by Jean Léon Decloux (French, 1840–1929); Netherlands; engraving on paper, laid and gilded; H x W: 21.1 × 14.5 cm (8 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.) Platemark: 17.3 × 12.5 cm (6 13/16 × 4 15/16 in.); Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council; 1921-6-469-15

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.

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