Concave Lozenge-shaped Panel and Grotesque Figures

Concave Lozenge-shaped Panel and Grotesque Figures

Concave Lozenge-shaped Panel and Grotesque Figures. Dimensions: Plate: 2 9/16 x 2 11/16 in. (6.5 x 6.9 cm) Sheet: 2 11/16 x 2 11/16 in. (6.8 x 6.9 cm). Printmaker: Noël Rouillard (French, Paris ca. 1589-1646 Paris). Date: ca. 1620-30. Small print from a series of twelve with goldsmiths designs and grotesques. This print is characterized by a large concave lozenge-shaped panel in the center. Around it two ring bezels in the top corners and two more lozenges in the lower corners are combined with six grotesques figures. Two figures on the top of the page and two figures on the bottom look like sirens. On each side of the central lozenge a bowing figure is depicted which remind most of satyrs.

Blackwork engraving

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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3416 x 3343 px | 32.7 MB

28.9 x 28.3 cm | 11.4 x 11.1 in (300 dpi)