Art Institute of Chicago
Designs for Jewelry
Joannes Andreas Pfeffel I (German, 1674-1748)LinkedCulture matchlcp-ea5ca091c2ad
- Date
- before 1697
- Medium
- Engraving on cream laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 131207
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Engraved ornament books boasted designs for metalworkers and other artists to copy; these could also be collected as prints. This set of eight designs was first published in Vienna. The draftsman, Friedrich Jacob Morrison, died around 1697, so this edition—engraved by Johann Andreas Pfeffel I and Christian Engelbrecht while he was still alive—must predate the final edition, as his death is prominently mentioned on the title page of that work. The otherwise identical plates include decorations such as a book cover with a minute head of Christ, a bejeweled sword hilt, fans, pendants, and other jewelry.
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- Credit line
- William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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