Blackwork Print with Birds and Grotesques Atop a Horizontal Panel, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work


Blackwork Print with Birds and Grotesques Atop a Horizontal Panel, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work, 1615, Blackwork engraving, Sheet: 4 3/4 × 3 1/2 in. ( × cm), Etienne Carteron (French, born Châtillon-sur-Seine, ca. 1580), Symmetrical blackwork design with a large horizontal panel at center, above two smaller panels and a ring bezel, all in Schweifwerk patterns. At top, grotesques and birds eat from a bowl of fruit, while sea creatures hang from lines at the sides


Size: 4032px × 5354px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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