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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 15, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques), 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.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 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: "15"

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 15, from Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques), 1564; Designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606); France; etching on laid paper; H x W: 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; 1945-59-3

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