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Title page for a set of friezes, book plate.

Print
1636 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This type of ornament recalls the XVI th century mannerism style, with its anthropomorphic and metamorphic figures and animals shown amongst foliated . Here the richness and strong rhythm of the friezes, creating lively movement, reflect Baroque tendencies of the seventeenth century.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTitle page for a set of friezes, book plate. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving on paper
Brief description
After Polifilio Giancarli (also known as Zancarli). Title page for a set of friezes, book plate. Engraving on paper, Dutch, 1636
Physical description
Title-page
Dimensions
  • Plate mark height: 7.4cm
  • Plate mark width: 27.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
In the centre of the frieze: 'VERSCHEYDEN AEDRIDGE / MORISSEN / VAN / POLIFILO ZANCARLI / geordineer / ende / Gedruckt by Claes Janss Visscher / Ao. 1636'.
Object history
These prints are reversed copies of an earlier version of designs by Giancarli, first published in Venice.
Production
After Polifilio Giancarli (also known as Zancarli)
Summary
This type of ornament recalls the XVI th century mannerism style, with its anthropomorphic and metamorphic figures and animals shown amongst foliated . Here the richness and strong rhythm of the friezes, creating lively movement, reflect Baroque tendencies of the seventeenth century.
Bibliographic references
  • Snodin, Michael and Llewellyn, Nigel (eds.), Baroque 1620-1800. Style in the Age of Magnificence, exh. cat., V&A Publishing, London, 2009
  • (Berlin II) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 558.
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.313, 17 (2).
Collection
Accession number
E.1674:1-1888

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Record createdNovember 28, 2008
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