Interlace Centered by an Indented Quadrilateral Form with Semicircular Corners

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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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2016.58.17: Interlace Centered by an Indented Quadrilateral Form with Semicircular Corners

Identification and Creation

Physical Descriptions

Provenance

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Acquisition and Rights

Exhibition History

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