Title plate, from Grottesco in diversche manieren (Various Grotesques)
date: label: Date
content: 1555–1571
name: label: Designer
content: Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606
label: Etcher
content: Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600
label: Etcher
content: Lucas van Doetechum, Dutch, after 1584
label: Publisher
content: Gerard de Jode, Flemish, 1509 - 1591
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Grotesque panel with the title in an escutcheon: "Grottesco: in diversche manieren / Zeer Chierln¨ck bequaem en oirboorln¨c / voor Schilders, Glaesschrnüers, Beeldsnüdesr / En al die de Chierln¨cke ornamenten der / Antiquen beminnen, ghemackt bn¨ / Johans vredeman vriese, voth ghegheuen / duer Geraert de Ieûde."
place: label: made in
content: Antwerp, Belgium
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1945-59-2
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: approx. 19 × 27.5 cm (7 1/2 × 10 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 15.6 × 21 cm (6 1/8 × 8 1/4 in.)