Plate from Frises, Feuillages et Grotesques (Friezes, Foliage and Grotesques)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1645
name: label: Designer
content: Stefano della Bella, Italian, 1610–1664
label: Publisher
content: Jacques Van Merle, Flemish, 1616 - 1682
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle showing a frieze composed of scrolling arabesques. At center, two lovers with bodies terminating in acanthus leaves embrace. At left, a snake; at right, a swan. Below, a man’s face in profile.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-6-157-b
objectType: label: Type
content: ornament
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 6 × 12.2 cm (2 3/8 × 4 13/16 in.)