File:Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon, 1600–25 (CH 18107913).jpg

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English: Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon, 1600–25   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Possibly by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Title
English: Drawing, Design for an Escutcheon, 1600–25
Description
English: Vertical rectangle. a) The scrollwork frame of an ovoid, with standing figures beside the upper part, a classical warrior at left, a woman at right, both with sticks. Half figures of harpies are beside the lower part. In the centre below is a bowl with an animal's skull in the center. Recto: Above is b) two trees are in the center of the foreground. Houses and mountains are in the middle ground at left and at right. Separated by the framing line is c). Shown is one unity of the decoration. At left is a half escutcheon. Beside it is a half figure of a winged woman. Drapery festoons are supported by the hands of the woman and by parts of the rinceau.
Date 1600–25
Medium charcoal, pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper
Dimensions 27.4 × 20.7 cm (10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
Current location
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design
Accession number
1901-39-1068
Credit line Museum purchase through gift of various donors
Notes
  • Type: Drawing
  • Country: Italy
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