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Print, Ornamental Design
This is a Print. It was created by Johann Ladenspelder. It is dated ca. 1550 and we acquired it in 1944. Its medium is engraving on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This curious engraving adopts elements of the grotesque to form a seemingly allegorical narrative. A nude woman rests on firm ground, propped against a candelabrum and holding a chalice above her head. Behind her, a winged putto leans on a scrolling architectural element and holds a reptilian creature aloft on a fork. Above them, reality gives way to a floating world of enigmatic creatures tenuously balanced amid plant tendrils and trophies.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Print, Ornamental Candelabrum
- etching on white laid paper, lined.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-25
- Print, Ornament with Mask and Grotesque Figures
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1945-59-1
- Print, Ornament Panel with Mars
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- 1946-29-2
Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, Grotesque with Putti and Grape Vines
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John I. Kane.
- 1944-82-1-b
- Print, Grotesque with Putti and Manticore
- engraving on laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1946-3-2
- Print, Plate, from the series Ornamenti o grottesche (Ornaments or Grotesques)
- etching on off-white laid paper.
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1921-6-151-2
Its dimensions are
H x W: 16.3 × 7.3 cm (6 7/16 × 2 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
It has the following markings
Engraved, at center: symbol resembling an upside down AF / 6
Cite this object as
Print, Ornamental Design; Johann Ladenspelder; Germany; engraving on paper; H x W: 16.3 × 7.3 cm (6 7/16 × 2 7/8 in.) Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.); Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1944-76-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Fragile Beasts.
