ca. 1588
Netherlands
Object qualities
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Objectbook / magazine / album: Print ornament & architecture
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Author of the objectTheodor de Bry
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Type of arts & crafts
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MediumEngraving
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SizeSheet: 5 1/16 Г— 4 15/16 in. (12.8 Г— 12.6 cm)
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Geography details
Netherlands -
Country today
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Dateca. 1588
Source of information
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Type of sourceDatabase “Metropolitan Museum of Art”
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Fund that the source refers toMetropolitan Museum of Art
Description
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Design for a dish with medallions containing the portraits of three Roman Emperors – Caesar (top), Claudius (left), and Otho (right) – around a central medallion with the title. To the left and right of the central medallion, scenes with grotesques, including two merchants being pulled on carts towards the centaur. Below, two figures sit on a basket of eggs. From a series of four plates.