Sheet with Four Designs for Relief Decorations on Arms: Two Large Hilts for a Sword and a Dagger, and the Ornaments for the Tips of the Sheaths
Horizontal sheet with four designs for relief decorations for arms by Pierre Woeiriot. On the eft side of the sheet, the hilt of a sword is depicted, with terminal figures on the quillons and knuckle guard and an imprisoned satyr on its grip. On the right side of the sheet a smaller hilt is depicted, likely for a dagger, with a figure of a zephyr on the grip. Two smaller designs, depicted left and right of the dagger hilt represent the decorations for the tips of the sheaths.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sheet with Four Designs for Relief Decorations on Arms: Two Large Hilts for a Sword and a Dagger, and the Ornaments for the Tips of the Sheaths
- Artist and engraver: Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II (French, Neufchâteau 1532–1599 Damblain)
- Date: ca. 1550–60
- Medium: Engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 7 5/8 × 7 11/16 in. (19.3 × 19.6 cm) [ uneven edges, cropped within plate mark]
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.20.11
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Pierre Woeiriot de Bouzey II
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1555
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