Grotesken met figuur op rug hippocampus, Johann Adam Delsenbach, after Paul Decker (I), 1700 - 1725

Title(s)

Grotesken met figuur op rug hippocampus
Neues Groteschgen-Werk (series title)

Object type

• print

Object number

RP-P-1921-13

Catalogue reference

• Berlijn Orn Cat 85-4

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Description

Drie pilasters met grotesken en diverse mythische figuren en scènes.

Artist

• print maker: Johann Adam Delsenbach
• after design by: Paul Decker (I)
• publisher: Johann Christoph Weigel

Place

Neurenberg

Dating

1700 - 1725

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 220 mm × width 170 mm

What

• ornament ~ grotesque
• sea-horse, hippocamp, 'hippocampus', (horse/fish) (mythological hybrid monster)

Credit line

• J.G. de Groot Jamin Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 1921

Copyright

Public domain

• Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, dl. 1, p. 14, cat.nr. 85 (4)