Quatrefoil Design in Blackwork, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria

Paul Birckenhultz German

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Ornamental design in quatrefoil at center, with eight-pointed floral shape in the middle, flanked by a bird at left and at right with an insect at upper left of quatrefoil. In the black background, grotesques with putti heads at lower left and right, and dragons at upper left and right. From a series of six plates of ornamental designs.

Quatrefoil Design in Blackwork, from Varii Generis Opera Aurifabris Necessaria, Paul Birckenhultz (1561–1639), Engraving and blackwork

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