Print, Plate 8, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two), 1582, Adriaen Collaert

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. Date: 1582. Dimensions: H x W: 21.1 × 14.5 cm (8 5/16 × 5 11/16 in.); ; Platemark: 17.2 × 12.7 cm (6 3/4 in. × 5 in.). Medium: engraving on paper. Collection: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Print, Plate 8, from Bullarum Inaurium etc. Archetypi Artificiosi Pars Altera (Pendants, Earrings, etc. Designs of the Most Skillful Nature, Part Two), 1582 (CH 18286067-2)