The Egg-Dance

Anonymous, Netherlandish, late 16th century Netherlandish

After Maerten de Vos Netherlandish

Publisher Johannes Baptista Vrints Netherlandish

late 16th Century

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Title: The Egg-Dance
Artist: Anonymous, Netherlandish, late 16th century
Artist: After Maerten de Vos (Netherlandish, Antwerp 1532–1603 Antwerp)
Publisher: Johannes Baptista Vrints (Netherlandish, active Antwerp, ca. 1575—1610)
Date: late 16th Century
Medium: Engraving; first state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 11/16 in. (23.2 × 29.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Object Number: 49.95.2073
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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