The Sixth Knot, from Dürer's Six Knots
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1506
name: label: Print Maker
content: Albrecht Dürer, German, 1471–1528
label: After
content: Leonardo da Vinci, (Italian, 1452–1519)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: On a black circular ground, a pattern of continuous knots, forming six roundels with open centers around a seventh, in which are the artist's initials (in monogram). From the circle, at the four corners of the plate are stylized tree forms, in black, on which are further knots and tendrils.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1946-34-1
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodcut on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 28.3 x 22.5 cm (11 1/8 x 8 7/8 in.)