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1660-1670 (Printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Ornamental design with motifs including wreaths of flowers and fruit, cherubs and birds.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
Plate from a suite of four plates of ornamental designs with flowers and cherubs, Christoph Schmidt, Germany, 1660-1670
Physical description
Ornamental design with motifs including wreaths of flowers and fruit, cherubs and birds.
Dimensions
  • To plate mark height: 15.3cm
  • To plate mark width: 12.1cm
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Guilmard, D., Les Maîtres Ornemanistes, Paris, 1880-1881, p.402, 61 (3).
  • (Berlin I) Berlin Staatlich Museen., Katalog der Ornamentstich-Sammlung der Staatlichen Kunstbibliothek Berlin, Berlin and Leipzig, 1936-39, 57 (2).
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.44-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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