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

Etienne Carteron

1615 · Blackwork engraving · Drawings and Prints

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 — Etienne Carteron

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.

Artist: Etienne Carteron
Date: 1615
Medium: Blackwork engraving
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947