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Etienne Delaune

Associated Names
Etienne Delaune

Artist, French, 1518/1519 - 1583

This print depicts an ornate emblem. The emblem shows a central oval of text surrounded by several curved sections that contain decorations. At the very top is a face with an ornate headdress, with two winged women holding branch-like objects on either side of the central oval. Below the oval is a nude man seen from the waist up, and on either side of him are two cherubic faces surrounded by scrollwork. The background of the emblem is black, with the details in beige. Surrounding the print is empty beige paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 5.4 × 4.2 cm (2 1/8 × 1 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.3391

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Robert-Dumesnil, no. 390

  • Series Title

    Various Ornament Subjects in the Shape of the Cross of Lorra

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1967

  • Robert-Dumesnil, A.P.F. Le peintre-graveur francais, ou catalogue raisonne des estampes gravees par les peintres et les dessinateurs de l'ecole francaise, ouvrage faisant suite au peintre-graveur de M. Bartsch. Reprint (11 vols. in 6). Paris: F. deNobe

Wikidata ID

Q64955784

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