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Design for Two Upper Compartments of a Cup with a Cherubs' Head

1593
Not on view
Part of a series of 36 designs for various vessels, titled: "Visierung buch hirinen siben und dreissich stuck durch paulum flinten gemacht undt zu wien beii Andre luning gedruck und ihn dises exemplar uerfrtiget au 1593".

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for Two Upper Compartments of a Cup with a Cherubs' Head
  • Artist: Paul Flindt (German, Nuremberg before 1567–after 1631 Nuremberg)
  • Date: 1593
  • Medium: Stipple engraving (punched)
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 15/16 × 6 1/2 in. (12.5 × 16.5 cm)
    Plate: 4 5/16 × 6 1/8 in. (11 × 15.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.209
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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