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

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This and 19 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert).

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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. 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.

Vertical rectangle showing a symmetrical grotesque design composed of putti, dolphins, sea lions, birds and bearded men.

Print, Grotesque with Dolphins and Winged Lions, 1532
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-82-1-a

Large fountain with two bowls, lower basin supported by central post and three winged Harpies. Three groups of people nearby on platform.

Drawing, Fountain Supported by Three Harpies and Three Groups of People in...
black chalk on off white wove paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-3041

Necklace And Pendant (possibly France), ca. 1870
silver, enamel, jasper, pearls, glass.
Gift of Evelyn A. Pitshke.
1958-64-1-a,b

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

A mermaid with a bifurcated tail blows on a shell, suspended from a ring by two chains, one on the wrist and the other on a tail.

Drawing, Design for a Pendant, 1840–70
pen and ink on paper.
Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
1901-39-785

Drawing, Jewel design, 1815–50
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund.
1938-88-8003

Luggage label with an olive green mermaid bearing a sword and shield. A city-scape with a prominent tower against a red sky forms the background. Text in a ribbon shape in top margin: HOTEL TERMINUS; in band across bottom: WARSZAWA

Print, Hotel Terminus, Warszawa, 20th century
offset lithograph.
Museum purchase from Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Fund.
1994-62-30

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); Netherlands; engraving on paper, laid and gilded; 1921-6-469-15

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BHNK/
Accession Number 1921-6-469-15
Object ID 18286051