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Flat decoration with leafy scrolls and grotesques
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Flat decoration with leafy scrolls and grotesques

Heinrich Aldegrever · 1552 · engraving; paper

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

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Flat decoration with two sphinxes at the bottom. Above them, two cornucopias cross, with symmetrically arranged leafy tendrils. At the top center, a mask.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornaments ~ artsphinx (lion/woman)'Sfinge' (Ripa)
Credit lineVlakdecoratie met bladranken en grotesken. 1552. Heinrich Aldegrever. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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