Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls

Publisher Balthasar Caymox Netherlandish, German

ca. 1600–1617

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Nine plates from a series of twelve prints showing decorative friezes thought to have been meant as models for embroidery, but most likely also, or primarily meant for the decoration of precious metals.

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Title: Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls
Artist: Theodor Bang (German, active in Nuremberg (fl.1606))
Publisher: Balthasar Caymox (German, Bersse (?) 1561–1635 Nuremberg)
Date: ca. 1600–1617
Medium: Etching
Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1950
Object Number: 50.562.102(1-9)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Plate 5, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls", Theodor Bang German, Etching — Plate 5, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"
Theodor Bang
Balthasar Caymox
ca. 1600–1617

Plate 3, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls", Theodor Bang German, Etching — Plate 3, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"
Theodor Bang
Balthasar Caymox
ca. 1600–1617

Plate 1, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls", Theodor Bang German, Etching — Plate 1, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"
Theodor Bang
Balthasar Caymox
ca. 1600–1617

Plate 2, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls", Theodor Bang German, Etching — Plate 2, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"
Theodor Bang
Balthasar Caymox
ca. 1600–1617

Plate 4, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls", Theodor Bang German, Etching — Plate 4, from "Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls"
Theodor Bang
Balthasar Caymox
ca. 1600–1617

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