Album, Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert), 1581 | Objects | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

After Hans Collaert’s death in 1580, his sons and publisher, Philips Galle, produced two more sets of engravings after his designs for jewellery. This is the first one published in 1581, and is comprised of ten prints including the title page.

Album, Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis...
engravings on paper, laid and gilded, bound.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469

There are 2 people in 2 roles are associated with this object
This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Strapwork forming a cartouche broadly in the form of a fleur-de lys. Details include snails, butterflies, faceted gems, drop pearls and sea horses. At top, a nude figure within a frame decorated with vases. Below are two winged putti with skulls.

Print, Plate 1, Title page from a suite of ten, entitled Monilium Bullarum...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-1

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two designs for pendant suspended from ribbons with a bow knots. Strapwork forms the pendant cartouches. Each has three drop pearls, and an astrolabe flanked by griffins. The design at right includes a clock.

Print, Plate 10, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-10

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Two pendants in the form of sea monsters hanging from bow knots. Riding on their backs are Apollo and Venus, respectively. Above: Pars Altera.

Print, Title plate, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-11

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a sea monster with three drop pearls is suspended from a bow knot. Riding on its back are standing male nude with a flag and a reclining female nude with an oar.

Print, Plate 2, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-12

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a sea monster with five drop pearls is suspended from a bow knot. On its back is a kneeling man with a knife, removing a scale, and a seated angel with a dog.

Print, Plate 3, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-13

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a ferocious sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask and dragons, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back are Poseidon with a triton and two merman with bulrushes.

Print, Plate 4, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a mythical beast perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a shell and dragons, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a male figure holding an oar.

Print, Plate 5, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a mythical beast perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask and winged goat, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a male figure holding a trident and two nudes with shells.

Print, Plate 6, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-16

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask and griffins, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a nude woman with a cloth and a merman with a shell.

Print, Plate 7, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-17

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask, dragons and cornucopia, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a nude youth seated on a shell, an older man with an oar, and a merman with a shell.

Print, Plate 8, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-18

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems, a mask and flowers, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a nude woman seated on a shell, and an older man with an oar.

Print, Plate 9, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-19

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a fleur-de-lys cartouche with three drop pearls. At center is a nude figure standing on a sphere, flanked by two seated nudes.

Print, Plate 2, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-2

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant in the form of a sea monster perched on a strapwork base is suspended from a bow knot. The base is composed of faceted gems and a horned term figure, and is hung with three drop pearls. Riding on the monster’s back is a bearded nude with a trident and a youth with an oar.

Print, Plate 10, Title page, Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-20

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cruciform cartouche with three drop pearls. Details include griffins and faceted jewels.

Print, Plate 3, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-3

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cartouche with three drop pearls. On either side are nude figures straddling griffins. Above, a seated figure in an archway.

Print, Plate 4, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-4

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Print, Plate 5, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones, Ioannis Collaert Opus Postremum (Designs for Necklaces, Pendants and Earrings of the Highest Skill, the Final Work by Joannis Collaert)

Print, Plate 5, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
1921-6-469-5

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a fleur-de-lys cartouche with three drop pearls. At center, a seated man and woman flanked by dolphins.

Print, Plate 6, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-6

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A cruciform pendant suspended by a jeweled string from a small ornament tied to a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cartouche with three drop pearls. At top, Apollo and his lyre flanked by two seated women and griffins.

Print, Plate 7, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-7

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cartouche with three drop pearls. At center stands Ceres with wheat, flanked by seated male nudes with trophies.

Print, Plate 8, from Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque Artificiocissimae Icones,...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-8

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A pendant suspended from a ribbon with a bow knot. Strapwork forms a cartouche with three drop pearls. At center, a winged woman with a wreath stands on a sphere, flanked by vases and griffins. Below, faceted gems.

Print, Plate 9, from a suite of ten entitled Monilium Bullarum Inauriumque...
engraving on paper, laid and gilded.
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
1921-6-469-9

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.