Lunar-shaped Ring Bezel and Grotesque Figures

Noël Rouillard

ca. 1620–30 · Blackwork engraving · Drawings and Prints

Although this is a very small print, it has been very finely cut by the artist Noël Rouillard. He was the son of a goldsmith, but it is unclear whether he ever actually worked as a goldsmith himself. He did however publish several print series with designs related to this profession. This print comes from a series of twelve such prints and shows a design for a lunar-shaped ring bezel in its center. Rouillard combined this design with several other motifs such as the fantastical creatures depicted on all four sides of the central motif.

Artist

Noël Rouillard

Date

ca. 1620–30

Medium

Blackwork engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942