Grotesque panel. In center, a warrior with a bow has just shot an arrow at a bird.

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This and 16 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques).

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1945	We acquired this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2021	You found it!

Print, Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren, 1564

This is a Print. It was designed by Jan Vredeman de Vries and etched by Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum and published by Gerard de Jode. It is dated 1564 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is etching 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 Innes Kane.

Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In a grotesque field, the medallion depicts a seated woman smelling roses in a landscape.

Print, Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-1-a

Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In an animal-grotesque field the medallion depcits a seated women eats a fruit in a garden.

Print, Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-1-b

Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In an animal-grotesque field the medallion depicts a seat woman playing a lute in a landscape.

Print, Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork, engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-2-a

Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Vertical oval in rectangle showing a grotesque designs on a black ground. At center, under a baldacchino, Juno stands surrounded by scrolls, fantastic creatures, vases, and fruits.

Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et...
engraving on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-3-2

Vertical oval in rectangle showing a grotesque designs on a black ground. At center, under a baldacchino, is standing the divinity Athena surrounded by scrolls, fantastic creatures, vases, and fruits.

Print, Athena, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories...
engraving on off-white laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-3-3

Horizontal oval within horizontal rectangle. In an animal-grotesque field the medallion depicts a seated women looks into a handmirror in a landscape.

Print, Sense of Sight, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru...
blackwork and engraving on laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
1945-6-2-b

Its dimensions are

H x W: approx. 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.) Platemark: 15.7 × 20.8 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: two-handled vase

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown ink, left margin: "29"

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren, 1564; Designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606); France; etching on laid paper; H x W: approx. 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.) Platemark: 15.7 × 20.8 cm (6 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1945-59-17

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DcNv/
Accession Number 1945-59-17
Object ID 18575341