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Blackwork Designs with Birds and Insects, Plate 7 from a Series of Blackwork Ornaments combined with Figures, Birds, Animals and Flowers

Plate 7 from a print series consisting of a title page (missing) and seven numbered plates displaying motifs for the application in goldsmith's work, executed in blackwork, combined with figures and other motifs borrowed from other print series, executed in engraving. This plate contains three distinct motifs in blackwork, with a large design in the center of the plate and a smaller designs on either side. The central motif is meant for the decoration of a cup. Below it is an engraved figure of Bacchus. Surrounding the blackwork motifs are other engraved figures of satyrs, monkeys, a fox and various insects.

Due to the similarity in their production techniques, blackwork prints often relate to...

After 1622
Blackwork and engraving
19.7 x 29.0 x 0.3 cm
50.562.103(6)
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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