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Engraving with an oval composition featuring a rural landscape with two sheep in the foreground. There is a gently sloping hillside in the background, along with trees and architectural features. The composition is framed by a symmetrical design of scrolling foliage and other ornamental motifs.

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Engraving print on paper
Brief description
One of two plates from a set of eight designs for goldsmithing and ornamental panels, after Paul Flindt.
Physical description
Engraving with an oval composition featuring a rural landscape with two sheep in the foreground. There is a gently sloping hillside in the background, along with trees and architectural features. The composition is framed by a symmetrical design of scrolling foliage and other ornamental motifs.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 15.2cm
  • Plate width: 11 to 11.3cm
Taken from Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller's catalogue.
  • Ornements, architecture. Paris: La Sirène, 1990. Bookseller’s catalogue.
Collection
Accession number
E.592-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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