Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum
Jon Whiteley(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 1. May 1996
Book
Hardback
351 pages
978-0-19-951328-4 (ISBN)
Description
This catalogue consists of over 600 drawings, most of them finished in pen and ink, for 16th-Century jewels, seals and medals. Most are by Etienne Delaune (1518-1583) and include many elegant designs for jewellery and other ornaments for Catherine de Medici, her husband, Henri II and their sons Francois II, Charles IX, and Henri III. The collection is a survival from the French Renaissance.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
numerous black and white halftones
ISBN-13
978-0-19-951328-4 (9780199513284)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction: the Douce album; Etienne Delaune; Delaune's drawings; designs for coins and medals; designs for jewellery; drawings by other hands. Part 2 Catalogue: drawings attributed to Etienne Delaune; the master of the Medaillons Historiques; the "Cousinesque" group; drawings by followers of Delaune; the monogrammist P.N.; the Germanic hand.