Vertical rectangle showing strapwork design. At center, Perseus rescuing Andromeda. Above, pairs of snakes and swans flank a nude. Below, fish and lions.

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1944	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2016	We exhibited this object.
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Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene, 1566

This is a Print. It was engraved by Pieter van der Heyden and after Jacob Floris the Elder. It is dated 1566 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is engraving on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.

Mercury shown in a landscape, holding a caduceus with one hand. The figure is set within a medallion on a dark field (sur fond noir) decorated with intricate grotesques.

Print, Mercury, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement...
engraving on laid paper.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-528-6

At center, a scene of Hercules rescuing his wife Deianira from the Centaur Nessus is flanked by term figures hold a garland of fruit. Above, a pair of fantastic animals.

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Scene from Ovid, 1566
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-83-6-1

Vertical rectangle showing strapwork design. At center, Prometheus on Mount Caucasus. Above, a pair of satyrs holding clusters of fruit. Below, putti with masks and an owl.

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene, 1566
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-83-7-1

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The edges of the sheet are framed by candelabra (rendered in half form) and composed of a variety of swags and animals Fantastic animals at center left and right threaten a small saytr at center who balances on a swag. At bottom a sphinx with human face crouches, facing left.

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration, mid–late 16th century
pen and brown ink, black chalk on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and....
1994-64-3

The edges of the sheet are framed by candelabra and strapwork frame (rendered in half form) and composed of a variety of swags and animals. A saytr at right faces left and holds a swag; a fantastic animal crouches at left and at bottom of sheet walks left carring a bunch of flowers and is followed by a goose.

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration, mid–late 16th century
pen and brown ink on laid paper, mounted on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of the Misses Leupp and Mary Turlay Robinson and....
1994-64-2

Design for a wall panel with a vertical composition. Episodes from the life of Hercules are interspersed amidst a finely drawn, elaborate display of gardens, urns, nymphs, leafy arbors, pavilions and arabesques. The panel's representations include, from the bottom up: Hercules and Dejanira; Hercules and Antaeus; Hercules and Cerverus; Hercules and the Cretan bull; Hercules and Nemean lion; Hercules carrying the apples of the Hesperides; Hercules killing the Hydra; Hercules and Geryon (?); Hercules as boy with snake; Mercury advising Hercules.

Drawing, Panel with Grotesque Design and Scenes of the Labors of Hercules,...
pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on off-white paper, lined with white....
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1911-28-500

Its dimensions are

13.8 × 10.3 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene, 1566; Engraved by Pieter van der Heyden ; Netherlands; engraving on laid paper; 13.8 × 10.3 cm (5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane; 1944-83-7-2

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DbVD/
Accession Number 1944-83-7-2
Object ID 18572391