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Flat Decoration: Frame of Scrollwork and Shell-shaped Construction
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A man, trapped in a shell-shaped structure, carries on his shoulders a frame of scrollwork. On this frame rests a shell full of children. The shell is supported by two women standing in the middle of the scrollwork. On either side of their feet sits a satyr with a woman on his lap. Part of a series consisting of a title page, a text page and 14 pages with grotesques with scrollwork, satyrs, garlands, trophies, animals and mythical creatures.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineVlakdecoratie: frame van rolwerk en schelpvormige constructie. 1557. Johannes of Lucas van Doetechum. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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