Pear-shaped ornament design with Mercury and grotesque motifs on a black ground
Object type: Print Ornament & Architecture
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Etienne Delaune
Artist bio: French, Orléans 1518/19–1583 Strasbourg
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: 1573
Medium: Engraving: first state
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 9/16 × 2 3/16 in. (6.5 × 5.5 cm)
Plate: 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (6 × 4.8 cm)
Classification: Prints|Ornament & Architecture
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession year: 1922