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Frieze with children

1531
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Frieze with children
  • Artist: Christoph Bockstorffer (German, Memmingen ca. 1480–ca. 1553 Colmar)
  • Date: 1531
  • Medium: Etching; first state of two (Hollstein)
  • Dimensions: Plate: 1 7/8 × 7 11/16 in. (4.8 × 19.5 cm)
    Sheet: 2 7/16 × 8 3/8 in. (6.2 × 21.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932
  • Object Number: 32.65.22
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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