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Circle of Lucas van Doetechum and Johannes van Doetechum, the Elder, after Hans Vredeman de Vries

Dedication, 1560

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series Title

Scenographiae, sive Perspectivae

Medium

engraving on laid paper

Dimensions

plate: 20.9 × 25.6 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/16 in.)

sheet: 25.5 × 36 cm (10 1/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

2015.64.1

Artists / Makers

Lucas van Doetechum (artist) Netherlandish, active 1554-1572; died before 1589

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder (artist) Netherlandish, 1528/1532 - 1605

Hans Vredeman de Vries (artist after) Netherlandish, 1527 - c. 1606

Hieronymus Cock (publisher) Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

Image Use

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Inscription

in cartouche in image: MAGNO AC VENERABILI HEROI, D. / D. ANTONIO PERRENOTO: / PHILIPPI, HISP REGIS, CONSILIARIO PRIMO; OMNIVM BONARVM ARTIVM MECOENATI: / HIERONYMVS COCK, PICTOR, / DEVOTISSIME DEDICABAT.

Provenance

(Ursus Rare Books, New York); purchased 2015 by NGA

Associated Names

Ursus Books and Prints, Ltd.

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 (under de Vries): no.

1993: The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (van Doetechum). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996- : p. 8

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