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.
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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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Symmetrical pattern filled with airy grotesques arranged in two sections on sheet. Upper portion shows a jester seated on a throne under an arched lattice trellis. The lower section shows two medalions with cherubs, each flanked by seated figures. Additional ornament includes strapwork, lambrequins, acanthus tendrils and fanciful creatures.

Print, Design for Grotesque Ornament, ca. 1680
etching and engraving on white laid paper.
Bequest of Marian Hague.
1971-71-5

Horizontal rectangles showing a strapwork design. At center, a scene of Juno talking to Jupiter. Ignudi and masks flank the scene. At bottom, a cartouche with the inscription “H.COCK EX / 1566”.

Print, Strapwork Grotesque with Mythological Scene, 1566
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-83-6-2

Print, Grotesque with Deities. Plate 13 “Mercury,” 2nd state

Print, Grotesque with Deities. Plate 13 “Mercury,” 2nd state
Sheet: 28.9 x 18.7 cm (11 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.) Platemark: 17.4 x 10.8 cm (6 7/8 x....
1945-70-17

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