Horizontal Panel with Three Thimble Designs and Two Medallions

Johann Theodor de Bry Netherlandish

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Panel with two designs for thimbles at top left and right, and a third thimble design between two medallions at bottom. The upper two thimbles despict biblical scenes, including Psalm XXXVII at right. The thimble at bottom center has a decorative pattern, with the inscription MIRIAM. The medallion at left depicts two hands holding a cornucopia, while the one at right has a bird feeding chicks in a nest. From a series of four plates.

Horizontal Panel with Three Thimble Designs and Two Medallions, Johann Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Strasbourg 1561–1623 Bad Schwalbach), Engraving and blackwork

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