Design for an Engraved Tazza with an Allegory of Charity
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1588
name: label: Print Maker
content: Theodor de Bry, Flemish, 1528 – 1598
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Circular design for a footed dish (tazza), with a representation of Charity (Charitas) in the central medallion. Surrounding is a round band featuring representations of works of charity, including Christ washing the feet of the disciples; care of the wounded and sick; alms; Cimon chained and suckled by his daughter; distribution of food to the poor. Inscriptions in French and Low German.
place: label: made in
content: Netherlands
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-36-7
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 12.7 x 12.6 cm (5 in. x 4 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Diam: 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)