1592-93
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 and blackwork
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SizeSheet (trimmed): 7/8 Г— 1 9/16 in. (2.3 Г— 4 cm)
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Geography details
Netherlands -
Country today
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Date1592-93
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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Section trimmed from a larger plate with a design for a sword or dagger handle (the upper portion of Jessen I.114). In a rectangle on top of a plinth, a grotesque blackwork design with a horned female face wearing a whimple that is draped from tendrils on either side.
