Grottesco (Grotesques)
Hans Vredeman de Vries
(Netherlandish, 1527–1606?)
Jan van Doetecum
(Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1600)
Lucas van Doetecum
(Netherlandish, active 1554–about 1584)
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
(French, 1556–1614)
Gerard de Jode
(Netherlandish, 1509 to 1517–1591)
About 1565–71
Place of PublicationAntwerp, Belgium
Medium/TechniqueEtched title page and sixteen etchings
DimensionsOverall: 32 x 21.5 x 5.3 cm (12 5/8 x 8 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Credit LineWilliam A. Sargent Fund
Accession number50.6.12
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Antwerp: Gerard de Jode [about 1565-1571]
ProvenanceFerdinand Hoffmann von Grünpichl-Strechau (b. 1540 -d. 1607), Prague; given by Ferdinand Hoffmann to his wife, Margaretha von Harrach; by descent through the Counts Harrach to the Hradec Library, Czech Republic. 1950, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1950)
