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THEODOR DE BRY. Design for a Sword Pommel with a Crouching Satyr

Design for a Sword Pommel with a Crouching Satyr. Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528-1598 Frankfurt). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (3.2 × 2.3 cm). Date: 1592-93.
Pommel design trimmed from the center right of larger plate with another pommel design to the left and hilt designs above and below (Jessen I.114.2). At center of oval design, a crouching male figure with goat's legs and insect wings holding onto scrolling tendrils at either side. Above, a basket of fruit flanked by draped cloth.
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Title:
Design for a Sword Pommel with a Crouching Satyr
Caption:
Design for a Sword Pommel with a Crouching Satyr. Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528-1598 Frankfurt). Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed): 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (3.2 × 2.3 cm). Date: 1592-93. Pommel design trimmed from the center right of larger plate with another pommel design to the left and hilt designs above and below (Jessen I.114.2). At center of oval design, a crouching male figure with goat's legs and insect wings holding onto scrolling tendrils at either side. Above, a basket of fruit flanked by draped cloth.
Technique/material:
Engraving and blackwork
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
2044 x 3124 px | 18.3 MB
Print size:
17.3 x 26.4 cm | 6.8 x 10.4 in (300 dpi)