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Music from The Seven Liberal Arts

A work made of engraving in red on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in red on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1565

Artist:

Cornelis Cort (Netherlandish, 1533–before 1578)
after Frans Floris I (Netherlandish, 1519/20–1570)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Cornelis Cort

Title

Music from The Seven Liberal Arts

Place

Netherlands (Artist's nationality:)

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1565

Medium

Engraving in red on ivory laid paper

Inscriptions

Lettered lower left: "FF. invent / Cock exc" and below image: "Concentum inter se ... deprehendit musica."

Dimensions

Sheet (trimmed): 22.2 × 28.1 cm (8 3/4 × 11 1/8 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

2023.767

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