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Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
Hans Vredeman de Vries1564
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Grotesque panel. In center, nude woman or goddess sits in carriage drawn by a pair of swans. A satyr pushes the carriage from behind. From above, Cupid aims his bow and arrow at the rider.
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- Title: Plate 24, from Grotteßco: in diverßche manieren (Various Grotesques)
- Creator: Hans Vredeman de Vries, Dutch, 1527 - ca. 1606, Jan van Doetechum the Elder, Dutch, active 1554 - ca. 1600, Lucas van Doetechum, Dutch, after 1584
- Date Created: 1564
- Location Created: France
- Publisher: Gerard de Jode, Flemish, 1509 - 1591
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Etching on laid paper.
- Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
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