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Empty niche in a frame of scrollwork, carried on the head by an atlas figure
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Empty niche in a frame of scrollwork, carried on the head by an atlas figure

Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum · 1556 · etching; paper

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

About this work

On both sides of an Atlantic scrollwork with volutes, a man leaning through the volute. In the volute, a child. Sheet B from a series of 12 sheets, numbered A–M, with flat decorations of grotesques, scrollwork, satyrs, garlands, trophies, animals, and fantasy creatures.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printornamentprentornament ~ grotesqueatlantes ~ architecture
Credit lineLege nis in omlijsting van rolwerk, op het hoofd gedragen door atlant.. 1556. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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