Ornate Classical Prints

Includes decorative prints with mythological themes, intricate borders, and religious imagery, reflecting a rich artistic heritage and detailed craftsmanship.

The erection of the copper snake in a frame of scrollwork with grotesques and mascarons. On either side of the scene is a hermit with a fruit basket on his head to which two small children are clambering. Shaded background. Sheet from series consisting of a title page and 15 of the 16 sheets with cartouches with biblical and mythological scenes in a frame of scrollwork and grotesques, Founding of the copper snake Comperimentorum quod vocant multiplex genus... (series title), print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, Jacob Floris, publisher: Hieronymus Cock, Netherlands, (possibly), 1566, paper, engraving, h 200 mm × w 132 mm
The erection of the copper snake in a frame of scrollwork with grotesques and mascarons. On either side of the scene is a hermit with a fruit basket on his head to which two small children are clambering. Shaded background. Sheet from series consisting of a title page and 15 of the 16 sheets with cartouches with biblical and mythological scenes in a frame of scrollwork and grotesques, Founding of the copper snake Comperimentorum quod vocant multiplex genus... (series title), print maker: Pieter van der Heyden, Jacob Floris, publisher: Hieronymus Cock, Netherlands, (possibly), 1566, paper, engraving, h 200 mm × w 132 mm