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A second set of most skilled designs for pendants and earrings

Print
1582
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA second set of most skilled designs for pendants and earrings (series title)
Materials and techniques
engraving
Brief description
Hans Collaert (after), plate from a suite of ten, including title plate, showing jewellery in the shape of sea creatures. Flemish, 1582.
Physical description
Design for a pendant in the shape of a sea creature carrying a sea god sitting on a shell and holding a trident, a mermaid and a man in the background carrying bullrushes.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm (cut to)
  • Width: 11.4cm (cut to)
Marks and inscriptions
"4" (lower left)
Object history
For an example of a baroque pearl pendant contemporary to these designs, see M537-1910 in the V&A collection. For an example of a sea-creature pendant similar and contemporary to this design, see 44.443 in the Walter’s Art Museum collection. V&A collection numbers 12828.3 and 22785.1 are duplicates of this engraving. (F. Allitt)
Subject depicted
Summary
After Hans Collaert’s death in 1580, his sons and publisher, Philips Galle, produced two more sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including the title page. Each pendant is executed with delicate strapwork on a dark field, topped with a delicate ribbon design and hung with three pearls. With the exception of the last two, each is also set with a mythological figure.
Bibliographic references
  • 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.
  • 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. 1654.
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1911, London, Printed for His Majesty’s Stationery Office 1912
Collection
Accession number
E.2206-1911

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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