Suite of 7 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: Series of 6 figures from the episode of the Judgement of Paris. The three contestants for Paris’ apple, Juno, Minerva and Venus, are each accompanied by an identifying attribute. Also included in the series are paris, Mercury and a river god. Two prints of the latter are included. Figures are set within a medallion on a dark field (sur fond noir) decorated with intricate grotesques, sometimes relating to the central figure.
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
objectType: label: Type
content: albums (bound) & books
label: Object Name
content: Album
label: Type
content: Album
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engravings on laid paper