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Two Wooden Portals from 'Verscheyden Schrynwerck (...)' ['Plusieurs Menuiseries (...)']

Publisher Peter Overadt German
1658
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Two designs for an architecturally shaped wooden portal, most likely meant for use within a building. The portal on the left has a single door, whereas the deeper portal on the right has a door both in the front and on the right side opening up into a small triangular anteroom.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Two Wooden Portals from 'Verscheyden Schrynwerck (...)' ['Plusieurs Menuiseries (...)']
  • Artist: Paul Vredeman de Vries (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1567–1630)
  • Publisher: Peter Overadt (German, active Cologne, ca. 1600–1649)
  • Date: 1658
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 3/16 in. (20 × 25.9 cm) [cropped within plate mark]
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.6076(6)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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