Title Page, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler

Theodor de Bry Netherlandish
1580–1600
Not on view
Title page for a series of four plates, with the title lettered in German and French in an oval cartouche at center, surrounded by ornamental design with mask of a child's face at right and mask of a bearded man at left. At far left and right edge, segmented ovals with the artist's signature.

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  • Title: Title Page, from Grotisch fur alle Kunstler
  • Artist: Theodor de Bry (Netherlandish, Liège 1528–1598 Frankfurt)
  • Date: 1580–1600
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 2 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (6.6 x 14.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951
  • Object Number: 51.501.5793(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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