River God, plate from a suite of 6 ornamental designs with the Judgement of Paris
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1690
name: label: Designer
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Engraver
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A river god with rushes in his hair reclines on a bank. Beside him is a crane and a vessel from which water and fish flow. The figure is set within a medallion on a dark field (sur fond noir) decorated with intricate grotesques.
place: label: made in
content: Antwerpen, 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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-528-2
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 25.3 × 20.5 cm (9 15/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 13.8 × 9.3 cm (5 7/16 × 3 11/16 in.)