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Vertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from "Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica"

ca. 1600
Not on view
Ornament design for a pendant with trophies at center, suspended from a mask with ram's horns at top and three pearls hanging below. In the pendant, a cuirass with spears and axes behind.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vertical Panel with Design for a Pendant, from "Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica"
  • Series/Portfolio: Omnis Generis Instrumenta Bellica
  • Artist: Paul Birckenhultz (1561–1639)
  • Date: ca. 1600
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 3/16 in. (11.6 × 8.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.500.81(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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