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A series of reverse copies after "Variarum Protractionum", a series designed by Hans Vredeman de Vries and engraved by Frans Huys in 1555. The copies, produced by an Italian etcher before 1572, lack the Latin text included in the originals and are numbered at the bottom right.
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Title: Small standing cartouche with a mask with open mouth and beard at bottom center, plate 6, from Reverse copies of Variarum Protractionum
Artist:
after Hans Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Leeuwarden 1527–1606 (?) Antwerp (?))
Artist:
after Frans Huys (Netherlandish, 1522–1562)
Artist:
Anonymous, Italian, late 16th century
Publisher:
possibly Antonio Lafreri (French, Orgelet, Franche-Comte ca. 1512–1577 Rome)
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Plate: 7 3/8 × 5 3/8 in. (18.7 × 13.7 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/4 × 16 3/16 in. (27.3 × 41.1 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession Number: 53.670.51(3b)
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