Decorated Capital Letter A

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Jakob Frey, Swiss, active Italy, 1681 - 1752
After
Giovanni Passari, Italian
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A: Letter "A" standing before God the Father who is talking to Adam, behind whom Eve stands. Framed by a moulding, as are all the letters up to -26.
Credit Line
Gift of Alice Donlevy
1715
Accession Number
1907-7-18-a
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
ephemera
Object Name
Engraving
Type
Engraving
Medium
Engraving on paper
Dimensions
4.6 × 6.1 cm (1 13/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
made in
Rome, Italy
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1907-7-18-a
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44f1d72df-0190-43f6-9e54-5cbd921e0eac
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