An eagle walking towards the right, a bust of a woman to right turned in profile towards the left, plate 1 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)
Artwork Details
- Title: An eagle walking towards the right, a bust of a woman to right turned in profile towards the left, plate 1 from "Friezes, foliage, and grotesques" (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)
- Series/Portfolio: Friezes, foliage, and grotesques (Frises, feuillages et grotesques)
- Artist: After Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence)
- Publisher: François Collignon (French, Nancy ca. 1610–1687 Rome)
- Date: ca. 1638–43
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 4 15/16 in. (6.3 × 12.5 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
- Object Number: 2012.136.101.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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