Pendant Design
date: label: Date
content: 1582
name: label: Designer
content: Hans Collaert the Elder, Flemish, ca. 1530 - 1581
label: Print Maker
content: Adriaen Collaert, Flemish, ca. 1560 – 1618
label: Publisher
content: Philip Galle, Flemish, 1537 - 1612
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask, dragons and cornucopia, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a nude youth seated on a shell, an older man with an oar, and a merman with a shell. The plate is numbered.
place: label: made in
content: Antwerp, Belgium
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1921-6-469-18
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.1 × 14.5 cm (8 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Platemark: 17.2 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 in. × 5 in.)