Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill

1581

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill is a 1581 by Hans Collaert, a Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Hans Collaert
When & what style?: 1581 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This is a set of ten engravings by Hans Collaert from 1581. Each page shows a different necklace design with delicate patterns and three pearls. Two pages even feature a sundial and a clock. Collaert died in 1580. His sons and a publisher turned his jewelry sketches into these prints the next year. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum where this set is kept.

The story of this work

Overview

The left half of a single print from a 1581 engraving by Philips Galle after Hans Collaert’s designs features a pendant with a sundial at the top, executed in delicate strapwork against a dark background. The pendant is adorned with a ribbon motif and suspended from three pearls. This print is part of a set of ten, with the exception of the final two designs, which include a clock and a sundial.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

Hans Collaert

Jan Collaert the Elder or (I), Hans Collaert the Elder or Johannes Collaert (Brussels, between 1525 and 1530 – Antwerp, October 1580) was a Flemish printmaker, publisher, draftsman, tapestry designer, glass painter and designer and engraver of swords.

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