Plate 1: frontispiece with title written in a cartouche at centre, framed by putti heads and dolphins, a child seated on top of the cartouche, subduing an eagle and a lion, a fruit garland beyond

Details

• Title

  Plate 1: frontispiece with title written in a cartouche at centre, framed by putti heads and dolphins, a child seated on top of the cartouche, subduing an eagle and a lion, a fruit garland beyond

• Series

  The Animals

• Artist/maker

  after Boëtius Adamsz. Bolswert (1580 - 1633) (printmaker)

  after Abraham Bloemaert (1566 - 1651) (designer)

• Associated people

  Gerard Valck (1651 or 1652 - 1726) (publisher)

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  1650 - 1726

• Material and technique

  engraving on laid paper framed in pen and red ink

• Object type

  visual representation › print;

  visual representation › book-illustration › frontispiece

• Dimensions

  trimmed 10.1 x 13.6 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Transferred from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, 1942.

• Museum location

  Western Art Print Room

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1942.54.11.1

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