Pendant Design with a Male Diety with a Shield Flanked by Two Reclining Men

Jan Collaert I

after 1581 · Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein) · Drawings and Prints

Vertical panel with a pendant design at center, with a male diety holding a shield to his right sight, and standing on an orb at center, surrounded by strapwork ornament and grotesques. To either side, two nude reclining male figures facing outwards towards dragon-headed grotesques. The ornament hangs from a ribbon and has three pearls descending from the bottom and left and right sides. Plate 2 from a set of ten plates with pendant designs, with deities and strapwork backgrounds. The first edition of the series was published in Antwerp by Philips Galle in 1581 and exists in two states; two later editions – the first published by Theodoor Galle after 1600 and the second by Johannes Galle after 1636 – were also produced in Antwerp. Jan Collaert I produced several series of plates with pendant designs, a practice continued by his son, Adriaen Collaert.

Artist

Jan Collaert I

Date

after 1581

Medium

Engraving; second state of two (New Hollstein)

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923