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Pendant with a snail shell
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Pendant with a snail shell

Adriaen Collaert · 1582 · engraving; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Head and tail of a dragon protrude from a snail shell. A man with a trumpet and a woman sit upon it. One of 7 partially numbered sheets from a series of 10 sheets of pendants. Three pearls hang from each pendant.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentpendant, trinket, 'breloque'
Credit lineHanger met slakkenhuis. 1582. Adriaen Collaert. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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