Ornament with Sirens and Tendrils
Lucas van Leyden, Netherlandish, about 1494 - 1533
1510
Engraving on laid paper
Plate: 2 1/8 × 4 5/16 in. (5.4 × 11 cm)
Sheet: 2 5/16 × 4 1/2 in. (5.8 × 11.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P
PR.948.26.1
Geography
Place Made: Netherlands, Europe
Period
1400-1600
Object Name
Research Area
On view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower center: L
Label
Printmakers would often create designs knowing their potential to be adapted into sculpture. Small prints like this one by Lucas van Leyden could be modified to adorn objects such as dagger hilts, fine tableware, elaborate containers, and many other uses. The triton, siren, and acanthus leaves are all common decorative elements, which ensure that the final piece of metalwork would fit into a larger design program.
From the 2024 exhibition Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, curated by Elizabeth Rice Mattison, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programming and Curator of European Art, and Ashley B. Offill, Curator of Collections
Course History
History 42.01, Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies 22.01, Gender & European Society, Patrick Meehan, Spring 2024
History 96.39, Saints and Relics, Cecilia Gaposchkin, Spring 2024
Italian 1.01, Introductory Italian I, Noemi Perego, Spring 2024
Italian 11.01, Intensive Italian, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 2.01, Introductory Italian II, Floriana Ciniglia, Spring 2024
Italian 3.01, Introductory Italian III, Tania Convertini, Spring 2024
Italian 3.02, Introductory Italian III, Giorgio Alberti, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Living with Sculpture: Presence and Power in Europe, 1400–1750, Citrin Family Gallery and Engles Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 23, 2024–March 22, 2025.
Provenance
Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.
Catalogue Raisonne
Bartsch, Vol. VII, 169; Hollstein, Vol. X, 189.
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