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This and 16 other objects are a part of a set whose first object is Album, Grotteßco in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques).

Object Timeline

1945

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Print, Plate 26, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren

This is a Print. It was designed by Jan Vredeman de Vries and etched by Johannes van Doetechum the Elder and Lucas van Doetechum and published by Gerard de Jode. It is dated 1564 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is etching on laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.) Platemark: 15.6 × 20.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Watermark: two-handled vase

It is inscribed

Inscribed in brown ink, left margin: "26"

Cite this object as

Print, Plate 26, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren; Designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries (Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606); Published by Gerard de Jode (Flemish, 1509 - 1591); Etched by Jan van Doetechum the Elder (Netherlands), Lucas van Doetechum (Dutch, after 1584); France; etching on laid paper; H x W: 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.) Platemark: 15.6 × 20.8 cm (6 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane; 1945-59-14

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