Horizontal Panel with Design for a Thimble with the Annuciation Below a Frieze with Three Figures in Ovals

Johann Theodor de Bry

1580–1600 · Engraving and blackwork · Drawings and Prints

Horizontal Panel with Design for a Thimble with the Annuciation Below a Frieze with Three Figures in Ovals — Johann Theodor de Bry

Thimble design with the Annunciation scene between two medallions, each framed by text in German. Above, a frieze with three ovals containing standing figures against an ornamental design in blackwork.

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
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