Pendant Design with a Winged Sea Monster Carrying Venus Anadyomene on a Shell and a Man with an Oar
Medium
Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 15/16 × 5 3/16 in. (17.7 × 13.2 cm)
Classification
Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923
Accession Number
23.70.11
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the bustling workshops of late 16th-century Antwerp a hub of Northern Renaissance printmaking, artists Jan Collaert I, Philips Galle, and Aden Collaert collaborated on this enchanting 1582 engraving. Titled *Pendant Design with a Wing Sea Monster Carrying Venus Anomene on a Shell and a Man with an O*, it measures a delicate 6 15/16 × 5 3/16 inches and represents the second state of two as cataloged in New Hollstein. These Flemish masters, renowned for their intricate reproductive prints and ornamental designs, catered to goldsmiths and jewelers, transforming mythology into wearable art. Th...