ORThe Open Room
Digital gallery
Back to the NGA collection
The image shows an elaborate decorative border with a blank rectangular space in the center and cherubs surrounding it. The top features draped fabric, a plate, a goblet, and a lamp, while the bottom includes two books, a large candlestick with lit candles on both sides, and a draped cloth. The color palette is grayscale, with varying shades of black and white. Positioned at each corner are cherubs, two on each side of the rectangular space in the center, with symmetrical elements at the bottom of the image.
Read the visual description

The image shows an elaborate decorative border with a blank rectangular space in the center and cherubs surrounding it. The top features draped fabric, a plate, a goblet, and a lamp, while the bottom includes two books, a large candlestick with lit candles on both sides, and a draped cloth. The color palette is grayscale, with varying shades of black and white. Positioned at each corner are cherubs, two on each side of the rectangular space in the center, with symmetrical elements at the bottom of the image.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Border Illustration with Putti Holding the Attributes of the Passion

Cornelis Galle I

Date
1613/1646
Medium
engraving on laid paper [proof before letters]
Classification
Print
Accession number
1996.78.46
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
[Album of Engravings] [volume]

Subjects and terms

  • Netherlandish
  • Cup
  • Food
  • Book
  • Cherub
  • Frame
Provenance

Sir Edward Astley (1729-1802), Norfolk (Lugt 2774 on plate 14); Frank Linsly James (book plate dated 1881); (sale, London, Christie's, 26 June 1996, lot 206); purchased (via Artemis [David Carritt Limited]) by NGA, 1996.

NGA object ID 97210. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.