Plate 37, from Neüw Grotteßken Buch (New Grotesque Book)
Object Details
- Designer
- Christoph Jamnitzer, German, 1563 - 1618
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Ornamental cartouche, composed of cartilage-like membes which terminate in wings, bird feet and fish forms. In the center, a lion's head with long mane.
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through gift of the Estate of David Wolfe Bishop
- 1610
- Accession Number
- 1957-162-32
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- ornament
- Object Name
- Type
- Medium
- Engraving on laid paper
- Dimensions
- Platemark: 14.3 × 18.4 cm (5 5/8 × 7 1/4 in.)
- 18.5 × 23 cm (7 5/16 × 9 1/16 in.)
- Mat: 35.6 × 45.7 cm (14 × 18 in.)
- made in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1957-162-32
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4da6c7678-b277-425d-a1da-e8361609a8b4
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