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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2016.58.17
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jacques Androuet du Cerceau, French (Paris c. 1505 - c. 1586 Montargis or Paris)
Title
Interlace Centered by an Indented Quadrilateral Form with Semicircular Corners
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Interlaces for Marquetry, Floors, Pavements, Parterres
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1565-70
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/349875

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on off-white antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 14.8 x 15 cm (5 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: engraved, lower right corner: 17
  • drawing: The blank center of the central ornament, an indented square, is covered with a grid drawn in black chalk, its lines spaced approximately one-eighth inch apar, coinciding with the pattern of the ornament. The lines in each axis extend beyond the ornament into the arms of a diagonally set cross-shaped form.

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Fuhring E

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Edith I. Welch
Accession Year
2016
Object Number
2016.58.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/13/2019 - 07/24/2019

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