Design for a two-handled cup from a series of plates, with Neptune standing at top of lid, medallion with head of a man at centre, from Douce Ornament Prints Album II

Details

• Title

  Design for a two-handled cup from a series of plates, with Neptune standing at top of lid, medallion with head of a man at centre, from Douce Ornament Prints Album II

• Artist/maker

  Wenceslaus Hollar (1607 - 1677) (printmaker)

  after Hans Holbein the Younger ("Holbein") (1497 or 1498 - 1543)

• Associated place

  Europe › Belgium › Antwerp › Antwerp (place of publication)

• Date

  1646

• Material and technique

  etching on laid paper

• Object type

  visual representation › print › ornament print;

  visual representation › print

• Dimensions

  sheet 17.3 x 10.5 cm (height x width)
  plate 16.6 x 10 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.

  WA1915.85.29.1

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