Design for Door Knocker

16th century

Not on view

Design for a door knocker. At bottom center a cartouche with a horse-head and acanthus leaves is depicted. Extending from its sides are thick leaves which curve outward and upward toward the central area where a dog is drawn at the center. The top is surmounted by a blank escutcheon flanked by lions.

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Title: Design for Door Knocker
Artist: Attributed to Etienne Delaune (French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg)
Date: 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, with graphite underdrawing
Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 13/16 in. (24.7 x 19.8 cm.)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1971
Object Number: 1971.513.17
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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