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Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones

Print
1581
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

After his death in 1580, Hans Collaert's sons and his publisher, Philips Galle, produced two sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including a title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two designs, which appear on one print and show a sundial and a clock, each pendant is also set with a mythological figure.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMonilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones (series title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Hans Collaert (after), plate from a suite of ten, including title plate, showing designs for pendants entitled 'Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones'. Flemish, 1581.
Physical description
Design for a pendant showing the figure of Apollo with a lyre standing on an orb, flanked by two female nudes, each holding an apple.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.8cm (cut to)
  • Width: 11.6cm (cut to)
Marks and inscriptions
"7" (lower right corner)
Subjects depicted
Summary
After his death in 1580, Hans Collaert's sons and his publisher, Philips Galle, produced two sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including a title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two designs, which appear on one print and show a sundial and a clock, each pendant is also set with a mythological figure.
Bibliographic reference
Hollstein, F.W.H., Ann Diels, Marjolein Leesberg, Arnout Balis, and Collaert. The new Hollstein Dutch & Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, 1450-1700 The Collaert Dynasty / comp. by Ann Diels and Marjolein Leesberg; ed. by Marjolein Leesberg and Arnout Balis. The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Ouderkerk aan den IJssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2005, no.1650.
Collection
Accession number
E.2379-1914

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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