Ornamental Drawing

Lambert de Visscher|Anonymous, French, 19th century

19th century · Graphite, pen and black ink · Drawings and Prints

This strapwork design was likely meant as a tail-piece or vignette in a book. The ornamental vocabulary is inspired by sixteenth-century examples, created in The Netherlands, Flanders and France from ca. 1550 onwards. A renewed interest in this kind of ornament emerged during the nineteenth century, especially during the period of national historicism that peaked in the third quarter of the century.

Artist

Lambert de Visscher|Anonymous, French, 19th century

Date

19th century

Medium

Graphite, pen and black ink

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1919