Friezes with Birds, Flowers and Meandering Wreaths and Scrolls (5)

Theodor Bang|Balthasar Caymox

ca. 1600–1617 · Etching · Drawings and Prints

Frieze with a decorative pattern made up out of very delicate, stylized vegetal rinceuax combined with flowers and peapods. In the center of the frieze an eagle with wide spread wings is depicted, biting itself in the chest. Three smaller birds of prey, are sitting on a loop of the meandering rinceau below.

Artist

Theodor Bang|Balthasar Caymox

Date

ca. 1600–1617

Medium

Etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1950