a carved Renaissance mirrorframe, grotesque-style, design of Cornelis Floris, Renaissance, ca.1560

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Price

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Status

Available

Origin

Flemish, Antwerp

Period

Renaissance, ca.1560

Material

walnut and goldleaf

Description

A carved frame with mirrorplate in grotesque-style, made of walnut and partially decorated with goldleaf. After a design of Cornelis Floris or Hans Vredeman de Vries

This carved frame is made in the early Renaissance style, the so called Grotesque-style which originally came from Italy. This style is characterized by the combination of strapwork, scrollwork, festoons, mascarons and putti. The frame should look like a piece of leather. Therefor the wood is bowed a little. Both Cornelis Floris in Flanders as Hans Vredeman de Vries in the Republic made a lot of designs in this Grotesque-style. It is the earliest Renaissance form introduced in the Netherlands.This type of frame is very rare.