Plate 5, from "New Book of All Sorts of Ornaments of Gold- and Silversmiths" (Livre Nouveau De toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Orfevries)

1701

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Plate 5 of a series of eight plates of designs used by gold- and silversmiths. In frames of grotesques are scenes of children practicing the silver- and goldsmith's craft. This design is caracterized by a child working on an anvil and another working on a piece in the fireplace.

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Title: Plate 5, from "New Book of All Sorts of Ornaments of Gold- and Silversmiths" (Livre Nouveau De toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Orfevries)
Series/Portfolio: New Book of All Sorts of Ornaments of Gold- and Silversmiths (Livre Nouveau De toutes Sortes d'Ouvrages d'Orfevries)
Publisher: Claude Torcheboeuf (French, active 1701)
Date: 1701
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 13/16 × 3 1/2 in. (9.7 × 8.9 cm)
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1951
Object Number: 51.540.15(86)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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