id: 117019 accession number: 1937.565 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.565 updated: 2023-08-29 11:33:51.295000 Design for a Gothic Fountain, c. 1470. Master W with the Key (Flemish). Engraving; platemark: 23.3 x 7.5 cm (9 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.); sheet: 23.6 x 10.8 cm (9 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1937.565 title: Design for a Gothic Fountain title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1470 creation date earliest: 1465 creation date latest: 1475 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Flanders, 15th century technique: engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Master W with the Key (Flemish) - artist --- measurements: Platemark: 23.3 x 7.5 cm (9 3/16 x 2 15/16 in.); Sheet: 23.6 x 10.8 cm (9 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition opening date: 1958-03-03T05:00:00 Department of Prints and Drawings Opening Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 3, 1958-October 11, 1959). title: Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection opening date: 1965-05-06T04:00:00 Prints and Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-September 9, 1965). title: Old Master Prints and Drawings opening date: 1966-07-29T04:00:00 Old Master Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29, 1966-February 28, 1967). title: Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints opening date: 1987-06-02T04:00:00 Sacred and Profane in Late Gothic Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 2-August 2, 1987). title: Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints opening date: 1990-08-07T04:00:00 Design and Decoration: Ornament Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 7-October 28, 1990). title: Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art opening date: 2014-03-09T00:00:00 Treasures on Paper from the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 9-June 8, 2014). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Many early engravers used the medium to create motifs for craftsmen. The design for this Gothic fountain calls for the work to be executed in gold or silver and for scented water to spout from the gargoyle heads into the square, carved basins below. Like the great majority of prints by Master W with a Key, this sheet illustrating a design for a fountain is very rare, and only a few impressions are known. Offset on the verso is the faint image of a ship, a subject that inspired eight other engravings. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 638 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n118 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 70 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n94 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 70 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n94 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 79 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n99 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.565/1937.565_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.565/1937.565_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1937.565/1937.565_full.tif