Cornelis Floris II and Monogrammist IHS
Plate from the series “Libro di variate mascare quale servono a pittori, scultori, et ahvomini ingeniosi”
1559
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- Artist: Cornelis Floris II
- Printer/Publisher: Monogrammist IHS
Plate from the series “Libro di variate mascare quale servono a pittori, scultori, et ahvomini ingeniosi”
1559
Physical Qualities
Engraving, Sheet: 160 x 157 mm. (6 5/16 x 6 3/16 in.)
Plate: 156 x 152 mm. (6 1/8 x 6 in.)
Mount: 257 x 174 mm. (10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number
2012.549.10
From a series of 24 engravings (including title plate) that is based on "Pourtraicture ingenieuse de plusieurs facons de masques," a series of 18 engravings designed by Cornelis Floris, engraved by Frans Huys, and published by Hans Liefrinck in 1555 in Antwerp
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2012; Susan Schulman and Carolyn Bullard
Inscribed: lower center in plate: "IHS"; by later hand, on mount, lower left in graphite: "after Huys"
