Niche in the Form of a Cartouche from the series Veelderleij niewe inuentien van antijcksche sepultueren, diemen nou zeere ghebruijkende is met noch zeer fraeije grotissen en[de] Compertimenten zeer beqwame voer beeltsniders antijcksniders schilders en[de] all Constenaers...Libro Secundo
![Niche in the Form of a Cartouche from the series Veelderleij niewe inuentien van antijcksche sepultueren, diemen nou zeere ghebruijkende is met noch zeer fraeije grotissen en[de] Compertimenten zeer beqwame voer beeltsniders antijcksniders schilders en[de] all Constenaers...Libro Secundo by Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Cornelis Floris II|Hieronymus Cock](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/dp/thumb/niche-in-the-form-of-a-cartouche-from-the-series-408538.webp)
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (30.8 x 20.7 cm)
Classification
Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.57.61(16)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This striking etching and engraving from 1557 belongs to the second book of *Veelderleij niewe inuentien van antijcksche sepultueren*, a series of ornamental designs published by Hieronymus Cock. Created in collaboration by printmakers Johannes and Lucas van Doetecum and the Antwerp-based sculptor-architect Cornelis Floris II, the work presents an elaborate niche framed as a cartouche. It was intended as a practical model for sculptors, carvers, painters, and other artisans seeking to incorporate classical motifs into tombs and architectural decoration. The composition brims with the lively g...
About the Artist
Johannes van Doetecum I|Lucas van Doetecum|Cornelis Floris II|Hieronymus Cock (Netherlandish|Netherlandish) · 1528 |1527 –1605 |1606
Netherlandish, 1528/32–1605|Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?)