Ornamental frieze with three birds (at upper right, bottom center, and middle right) perched on foliate scrolls. The large bird at center faces right and holds the end of a tendril in its long beak. From a series of six plates with horizontally hatched backgrounds. According to Berliner, the backgrounds of the plates in this series were further darkened at a later date.
Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
c. 1600
Engraving; first of two states (skb)
3.3 x 5.0 cm
30.70.5
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019
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