Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren' / Hans Vries
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1960/1.118
- Title
- Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'
- Artist
- Hans Vries
- Artist Nationality
- Dutch
- Artist Life Dates
- 1527-1604(or 1623?)
- Medium and Support
- engraving on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1555-1560
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Netherlands (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Netherlands (nation)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Dimensions
- 15.7 cm x 21.1 cm (6 3/16 in. x 8 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 16th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Primary Object Type
- intaglio print
- Secondary Object Type
- engraving
- Physical Description
- Within an elaborate decorative framework consisting of griffins, birds, dogs, and fantastic half man-half beast creatures is a central panel with the image of a nude woman standing on a column holding a victor's wreath in either hand. Approaching for either side is a man in a quadriga holding a banner; each also holds a line that extends up to the wreath in the woman's hand.
- Subject Matter
- Such elaborate decorative works filled with fantastical motifs were inspired by the discovery around 1500 in Rome of Nero's Domus Aurea (Golden Palace), the interior of which was filled with similar elaborate wall paintings.
- Primary Keywords
- copper engraving (printing process)
- equestrians
- horses
- intaglio printing
- mythology (literary genre)
- ornament
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- descriptors
- engraving (printing process)
- genres in the arts
- image-making processes and techniques
- intaglio printing processes
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- object genres
- object genres by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by activity
- printing
- printing and printing processes and techniques
- printing processes
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1073 x 797
- File Size
- 150 KB
- Record
- 1960/1.118
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-1.118/1960_1.118.jpg
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"Ornament Print from a series: 'Grottesco in diversche manieren'; Hans Vries." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1960-sl-1.118/1960_1.118.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.