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'Aer' in a Decorative Border with Birds, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints

'Aer' in a Decorative Border with Birds, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements

Crispijn de Passe the Elder

Date
1590–1612
Medium
Engraving
Dimensions
Sheet: 4 7/8 × 4 15/16 in. (12.4 × 12.5 cm)
Object type
Print ornament & architecture
Classification
Ornament & Architecture|Prints
Object number
17.3.1491
Credit line
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

Netherlandish, Arnemuiden 1564–1637 Utrecht

Subjects and terms

  • Peacocks
  • Turkeys
  • Birds
  • Eagles
  • Men
  • Owls
  • Insects

The Met object ID 425890. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.