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

Etienne Carteron

1615 · Blackwork engraving · Drawings and Prints

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. Plate 7 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