1561
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Title Page for "Praediorum Villarum" is a 1561 ink by Hieronymus Cock, a Renaissance work, depicting Inscription, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows a fancy title page with fancy Latin words and a border of small scenes. It looks like a fancy book cover for a book about country houses. The tiny details in the border show gardens, fields, and buildings. This wasn’t just any book cover. It was made by an artist who mixed etching and engraving. That means he used acid and tools to carve the image onto metal. Look up this artist next. Cock, Hieronymus
Hieronymus Cock, or Hieronymus Wellens de Cock, (1518 – 3 October 1570) was a Flemish painter and etcher as well as a publisher and distributor of prints.
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