Frieze with Grotesques and a Mask Wearing a Whimple and Crown at Center

Theodor de Bry

1589 · Engraving · Drawings and Prints

Horizontal panel with a frieze and ascending and descending ornaments. At center of frieze, a female mask wearing a crown that sprouts two flowers and a whimple ending in swag. Flanking the mask, grotesques with bearded human heads, wings, and egg-shaped bodies. At either side, reclining male figures holding poles, from which hang crabs with faces on their shells.

Artist

Theodor de Bry

Date

1589

Medium

Engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949