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Cornelis Cort

The Practictioners of the Visual Arts, 1578 (engraved 1573)

Description

Maker

  • Cornelis Cort, ca. 1533-1578, Netherlandish
  • After Joannes Stradanus, 1523-1605, Flemish

Title

The Practictioners of the Visual Arts

Year

1578 (engraved 1573)

Medium

Engraving on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Sheet: 49.5 x 33 cm (19 1/2 x 13 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

In matrix: "ILL. et Ex. D'no Jacobo...Romae Anno 1578"; in brown pen, lower right: "L'academie de Peinture (grave par Cornelis Cort d'ap.J. Stradanus"

Identification

State

1st of 2

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

2008.19.1

Projects & Publications

Publications

The Brilliant Line

Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Brilliant Line

September 18, 2009 - January 3, 2010

Cornelis Cort’s tonal system—in which the swelling line is now the basic organizing mark—allows for varied textures, volumes, and spaces to work in harmony. Crossed swelled lines form lozenge shapes, whose net-like grids create dark or medium tones depending on the density of the lines (and with incredible evenness). By placing fewer crossed lines at the edges of forms and allowing more space between them, the composition retains remarkable clarity of space and form. The openness and tonal agility becomes even more pronounced in the work of Cort’s followers on this wall.

The engraving depicts the fine arts of painting, sculpture, architecture, casting, and engraving. All benefit from drawing and the study of anatomy represented by the specimens at left. All of the arts operate under the figure of Rome (“ROMA”). Engraving (“Typorum aeneorum incisoria”) is placed prominently at the lower right. The engraver is shown moving the copperplate underneath the weight of the burin, while another burin rests on the table along with a pair of magnifying spectacles and a cloth. A print hangs from the table’s open drawer.

Use

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