Large Cut Diamond in a Setting

anonymous, 1710 - 1770

This print shows an early example of a brilliant-cut oval diamond, a type of cut used increasingly in the course of the 18th century. The features of this style are illustrated at the top: the flat table (top view), the girdle (side view), and the pavilion (bottom view). The brilliant-cut optimizes the dispersion of light in the stone, enhancing its fire, or brilliance.

  • Artwork typeprint
  • Object numberRP-P-OB-84.605
  • Dimensionsheight 132 mm x width 92 mm
  • Physical characteristicsets

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Large Cut Diamond in a Setting

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-P-OB-84.605

  • Description

    Een grote geslepen diamant gezien van drie verschillende zijden en een vierde keer omzet met kleinere brillanten.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    collector's mark: Lugt 2228

  • Catalogue reference

    FMH 4166

Creation

  • Creation

    printmaker: anonymous, Northern Netherlands (possibly)

  • Dating

    1710 - 1770

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    ets

  • Dimensions

    height 132 mm x width 92 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

  • Period

    1765

Acquisition and rights

Documentation

  • Frederik Muller, De Nederlandsche geschiedenis in platen : beredeneerde beschrijving van Nederlandsche historieplaten, zinneprenten en historische kaarten, 4 delen, F. Muller, Amsterdam 1863-1882, dl. II (jaren 1702 tot 1795), p. 204, nr. 4166.

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