Cœnotaphiorum (3)
Medium
Etching; first state of four
Dimensions
sheet: 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 in. (16.7 x 20.9 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Phyllis D. Massar Gift, 2011
Accession Number
2011.510.3
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling print workshops of 16th-century Antwerp, *Cœnotaphiorum (3)* (1563) emerged as plate three in a series of fantasticalotaph designs by architect and artist Hans Vredeman de. Etched by the skilled brothers Johannes and Lucas vanetecum and published the renowned Hieronymus Cock, first-state impression captures an elaborate empty tomb adorned with birds, coats of arms, and intricate architectural motifs. Measuring just 6 9/16 x 8 1/4 inches, it exemplifies the Northern Mannerist style, blending perspective illusionism with ornamental exuberance. Vredeman de Vries, a master of arch...