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1561

Cornelis Cort after Frans Floris I

Associated Names
Cornelis Cort

Artist, Netherlandish, 1533 - 1578

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Frans Floris I

Artist After, Flemish, c. 1519 - 1570

The image shows the upper half of a seated figure holding a mirror to their face with one hand while the other hand rests in their lap. The figure has classical facial features, curly hair with a laurel wreath, and is dressed in draped clothing. They are seated against a column with a large bird next to them. The background includes a landscape with water, architectural structures, trees, and hills under a sunlit sky. A sun with rays is above the figure's head, and there is a small winged figure to the left of the column.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Andrew W. Mellon Fund

  • Accession Number

    1975.70.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 204, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Cornelis Cort, Manfred Sellink author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 204, state i/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65567189

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