Plate from Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (Friezes, Foliage and Grotesques)

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Object Details

Designer

Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664

Publisher

Jacques Van Merle, Flemish, 1616 - 1682

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Horizontal rectangle showing scrolling arabesques, a bucranium (bovine skull), a mask with acanthus leaves, and a sea lion.

Credit Line

Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council

Date

ca. 1645

Accession Number

1921-6-156-b

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

ornament

Object Name

Type

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Dimensions

H x W: 5.9 × 11.9 cm (2 5/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

made in

Italy

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Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ea78b270-8173-4037-9a95-fb19f18fe0ff

Record ID

chndm_1921-6-156-b