Blackwork Print with Grotesques Fighting on Top of a Large Motif Surrounded by Ten Smaller Motifs


Blackwork Print with Grotesques Fighting on Top of a Large Motif Surrounded by Ten Smaller Motifs, from a Series of Blackwork Prints for Goldsmiths' Work, 1615, Blackwork engraving, Sheet: 4 15/16 × 3 5/8 in. ( × cm), Etienne Carteron (French, born Châtillon-sur-Seine, ca. 1580), Symmetrical blackwork design with a large three-pronged bezel at center on which groups of grotesques fight. Below rows of additional fillets also with Schweifwerk patterns. Plate 6 from a series of eight plates published in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (Ain) with blackwork designs for goldsmiths' work


Size: 4072px × 5349px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -pronged, 15/16, 3, 4, 5/8, 6, , , 1580, 1615, additional, ain, bezel, blackwork, born, ca., carteron, center, châtillon-sur-chalaronne, châtillon-sur-seine, cm, design, designs, engraving, etienne, fight, fighting, fillets, french, goldsmiths, grotesques, groups, large, motif, motifs, patterns, plate, plates, print, prints, published, rows, schweifwerk, series, sheet, smaller, surrounded, symmetrical, ten, top, work