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): 2 13/16 Г— 1 1/8 in. (7.2 Г— 2.9 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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Handle design divided horizontally into two sections. At top, a winged putto head at center under a canopy and flanked by two squirrels facing inwards. Below, a lion’s head flanked by grotesque scrolling tendrils that terminate is grotesque bird’s heads. Above, a pair of snails.