Grotesque with Strapwork in the Form of a Cartouche

1557

Johannes van Doetechum the Elder

Artist, Netherlandish, 1528/1532 - 1605

Lucas van Doetechum

Artist, Netherlandish, active 1554-1572; died before 1589

Hieronymus Cock

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1518 - 1570

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ruth and Jacob Kainen Memorial Acquisition Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 34.8 × 24.8 cm (13 11/16 × 9 3/4 in.)
    plate: 31 × 20.8 cm (12 3/16 × 8 3/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.130.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 37, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Christopher Mendez, London); (Jan Johnson, Montreal); purchased by NGA, 2020.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2022

  • The Renaissance in the North: New Prints and Perspectives, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2022.

Bibliography

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (van Doetecum family, Henk Nalis, author). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 37.

Inscriptions

in center of image: HOVDT DEN / COCK / IN EEREN; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: K 677 DM

Watermarks

orb with a star

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