Harvard Art Museums > G9086: Armorial Bearings Held by two putti (bookplate) Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Armorial Bearings Held by two putti (bookplate) (Master HSE) , G9086,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 06, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/185605. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number G9086 People Master HSE, German (active 1570 - ) Title Armorial Bearings Held by two putti (bookplate) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1571 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/185605 Physical Descriptions Medium Engraving printed in black ink on antique laid paper, hand-colored with watercolor and metallic gold and silver paint Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 13.3 x 10 cm (5 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: HSE inscription: yes, cartouche at the foot of the shield, printer's ink, engraved, signed, in artist's hand: 1571 / FAZI HSE EBAT ("HSE made this in 1571") [monogram and date] legend: oval band surrounding the armorial bearings, printer's ink, engraved, in artist's hand: [reading from lower left:] D [ornament] A B C [ornament] D E F [ornament] I S [letters of the alphabet, separated by bullets, the clusters separated by ornaments] State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number N. 7 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund Accession Year 2000 Object Number G9086 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Deborah Carton, "The Practice of Hand-Coloring Prints in the Early Years of Printmaking Revealed by the Technical Examination of Two Hand-Colored Prints from the Fogg Collection" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2001), Unpublished, passim Susan Dackerman, Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, MD, 2002), cat. no. 32 pp. 173-175, repr. p. 174, Appendix p. 274 Exhibition History Painted Prints: The Revelation of Color in Northern Renaissance and Baroque Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 10/06/2002 - 01/05/2003; Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 02/14/2003 - 05/18/2003 32Q: 2540 Renaissance, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 02/02/2023 - 06/21/2023 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
