Horizontal Panel with Three Thimble Designs and Two Medallions

Johann Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Panel with two designs for thimbles at top left and right, and a third thimble design between two medallions at bottom. The upper two thimbles despict biblical scenes, including Psalm XXXVII at right. The thimble at bottom center has a decorative pattern, with the inscription MIRIAM. The medallion at left depicts two hands holding a cornucopia, while the one at right has a bird feeding chicks in a nest. From a series of four plates.

Artist

Johann Theodor de Bry

Date

1580–1600

Medium

Engraving and blackwork

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951