Frieze with Grotesques and a Mask Wearing a Whimple and Crown at Center

Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Horizontal panel with a frieze and ascending and descending ornaments. At center of frieze, a female mask wearing a crown that sprouts two flowers and a whimple ending in swag. Flanking the mask, grotesques with bearded human heads, wings, and egg-shaped bodies. At either side, reclining male figures holding poles, from which hang crabs with faces on their shells.

Frieze with Grotesques and a Mask Wearing a Whimple and Crown at Center, Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt), Engraving

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