Design for Door Knocker

Attributed to Etienne Delaune French

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Design for a door knocker. At bottom center a cartouche with a horse-head and acanthus leaves is depicted. Extending from its sides are thick leaves which curve outward and upward toward the central area where a dog is drawn at the center. The top is surmounted by a blank escutcheon flanked by lions.

Design for Door Knocker, Attributed to Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite underdrawing

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Design for Door Knocker, Attributed to Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite underdrawing
Design for Door Knocker, Attributed to Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg), Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite underdrawing

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