Strapwork pendant design with peacocks and grotesques, surrounded by putti holding a book, man using book to protect himself, and man with dog chasing foxes, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I

Title

Strapwork pendant design with peacocks and grotesques, surrounded by putti holding a book, man using book to protect himself, and man with dog chasing foxes, from Douce Ornament Prints Album I
Artist/maker

Dietrich Meyer (1572 - 1658) (printmaker)
Associated people

Dietrich Meyer (1572 - 1658) (publisher)
Associated place

Zürich (place of publication)
Date

c. 1600
Material and technique

engraving on laid paper
Object type

print;

ornament print
Dimensions

sheet 7.9 x 7.7 cm (height x width)
plate 7.3 x 7.2 cm (height x width)
No. of items

1
Credit line

Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
Museum location

Western Art Print Room
Museum department

Western Art
Accession no.

WA1915.84.53.1

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