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Publisher Claes Jansz. Visscher Dutch
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Blackwork print with an all-over grotesque pattern. The design is characterized by the figure of a winged soldier or cuirasse on top of an arch. The grotesque is filled with fruit. flowers, insects and birds.
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Title: Blackwork Print with a Symmetric Grotesque Pattern
Publisher:
Claes Jansz. Visscher (Dutch, Amsterdam 1586–1652 Amsterdam)
Date: ca. 1620
Medium: blackwork
Dimensions: Plate: 1 11/16 x 2 1/16 in. (4.3 x 5.2 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
Accession Number: 56.500.108
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