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 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

Horizontal rectangles showing a strapwork design. 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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Vertical grotesque design with putti, grape vines and a central candelabrum motif.

Print, Grotesque with Putti and Grape Vines, 1532
engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1944-82-1-b

The edges of the sheet are framed by candelabra (rendered in half form) composed of a variety of swags and animals, notably a pelican at top center; a monkey wearing a jester's cap at upper left; a saytr at center facing left and climbing stairs; a duck and a dragon fly at center and two frolicking rabbits at lower right.

Drawing, Design for Grotesque Decoration, mid–late 16th century
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....
1994-64-1

Print, Grotesque with Deities. Plate 10 “Venus,” 2nd state

Print, Grotesque with Deities. Plate 10 “Venus,” 2nd state
Sheet: 29.3 x 19.3 cm (11 9/16 x 7 5/8 in.) Platemark: 17.7 x 10.9 cm (6....
1945-70-14

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; 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