Print, Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

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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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Print, Plate 29, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

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.

Print, Sense of Smell, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

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

Print, Sense of Taste, Plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

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

Print, Sense of Sound, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

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:

Print, Juno, from the series Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

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

Print, Athena, from Grotesques à fond noir, Divinités et Allégories (Grotesques on Black Ground, Divinities and Allegories)

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

Print, Sense of Sight, plate from Quinque sensum typi in usum aurifabroru exarati (Images of the Five Senses Engraved for the Benefit of the Goldsmith)

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; Designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606); Published by Gerard de Jode (Flemish, 1509 - 1591); Etched by Jan van Doetechum the Elder (Netherlands), Lucas van Doetechum (Dutch, after 1584); 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

Accession Number 1945-59-17
Object ID 18575341