2016.74: Tripartite Foliate Ornament, the Central Motif with a Helmet, Two Blazing Candles, and Tendrils Ending in Horses

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.74

People

Christoph Jamnitzer, German (1563 - 1618)

Title

Tripartite Foliate Ornament, the Central Motif with a Helmet, Two Blazing Candles, and Tendrils Ending in Horses

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: New Book of Grotesque Ornament
Original Language Title: Neuw GrotteßkenBuch / Inventirt gradirt und verlegt / Durch / Christoph Jamnitzer Burg: und Goltsch:

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1610

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/349724

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Etching on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

14.6 x 19 cm (plate)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: inscribed verso, graphite: Jamnitzer

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edith I. Welch, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Warncke 945, De Jong and De Groot 354.27

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.74

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/06/2019 - 07/17/2019

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