Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Zinser
Catalogue
- Year
- 1553
- Medium
- engraving
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Hieronymus Cock
Artist
Printmaking
Hieronymus Cock was a Southern Netherlandish printmaker and publisher who founded one of the most influential print workshops in sixteenth-century Antwerp. He produced engravings and etchings after works by contemporary and historical masters, establishing the reproductive print as a commercial and artistic enterprise. His workshop disseminated Italian Renaissance compositions across Northern Europe, making him a crucial conduit between Italian and Flemish artistic traditions. Cock also commissioned original designs from artists including Pieter Bruegel the Elder, whose prints he published and distributed throughout his career.
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Landscape with a Chateau at the right
1630 · etching and engraving
Mercury with the Head of Argus
1558 · Etching on paper
Tobit, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"
1558 · Etching
Mercury Lulling Argus to Sleep, from "Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes"
1558 · Etching
The Good Samaritan, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes
1558 · Etching on ivory laid paper
Tobias with the Angel and Dog, from Landscapes with Biblical and Mythological Scenes
1558 · Etching on ivory laid paper
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- Hieronymus Cock
- Year
- 1553
- Medium
- engraving
- Watts ID
- WW-1553-147973
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- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
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- verified