Title Page, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Hieronymus Cock

Title

Title Page, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1558

Medium

Letterpress on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered: "Variae variarum regionum typographicae adumbrationes in publicum pictorum usum a Hieronymo Cock delineatae in aes incisae et aedirae. / Veelderleye ordinantien van lantschappen, met syne historien daer in gheoridineert, wt den ouden ende nieuwen testamente, Ende sommighe lustige Poeteryen, seer bequaem voer Schilders, ende andere liefhebbers des consten: Nu eerst nieu in de printe ghebracht, ende gemaect by Ieronymus Cock Schilder ... 1558."

Dimensions

Sheet: 27.2 × 37.4 cm (10 3/4 × 14 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Charles Hack and the Hearn Family Trust Collection, purchased with funds provided by the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial, Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston, anonymous, and Suzanne Searle Dixon endowment funds

Reference Number

2023.501

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