Designs for Jewelry
before 1697
Medium
Engraving on cream laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 15 × 24.5 cm (5 15/16 × 9 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25 × 36.5 cm (9 7/8 × 14 3/8 in.)
Classification
engraving
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
131207
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Engraved ornament books boasted designs for metalworkers and other artists to copy; these could also be collected as prints. This set of eight designs was first published in Vienna. The draftsman, Friedrich Jacob Morrison, died around 1697, so this edition—engraved by Johann Andreas Pfeffel I and Christian Engelbrecht while he was still alive—must predate the final edition, as his death is prominently mentioned on the title page of that work. The otherwise identical plates include decorations su...